The Calytrix angulata, commonly known as yellow starflower, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. How it made its way to Hawaii I don't know, but that's were I found it on our one and only visit.
To show you that, when you come to my Flickr site, there's no such thing as "just a flower." Nay, nay. Behind every flower, there's an adventure and this is a doozie! The story of our Hawaiian flowers is interesting, and least for a paragraph. The trip was a disaster. Our plane landed at the wrong airport in San Francisco. When we finally found another, we had to wait until it came up from San Diego. We hadn't even taken off and we were late. We arrived in Kawai, and they lost our car rental reservation. The hotel came to our rescue. On the first full day, I went snorkeling, and cut my foot on coral. After two hours of surgery (a guy with tweezers in the basement of the hotel), I then was bandaged for the whole trip. Went through our luggage ad our new digital camera was gone. There were three lizards and two birds that we saw that I'd like to have captured, but thanks to the limp and general disposition, I was forced to photograph flowers. That was a happy coincidence since I knew how to take a photo of a flower, and didn't have the capability to get a bird of lizard.
First up, the Yellow Star, Calytrix angulata, native to Australia. No, we're not going back, and a 16 hour flight to Australia without legroom is hazardous to my mental well-being. So, you'll be seeing a lot of Australian natives (flowers, not people) and a few that made their ways ro Hawaii. So, from 16 years ago, my first exotic flower...
Olympus First Generation Digital Camera
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