Mary Allen
ʻO nā lāʻau kaʻa ke kolu o nā conifers maʻamau i loko o kā mākou nahele, ma hope o ka spruce a me ka pine. Aia ma luna o 40 mau ʻano lāʻau kaʻa. Hoʻohui pū lākou i kahi genus. ʻO ke kala kala ka mea maʻamau i ko mākou ʻāina. Ke ulu nei nā lāʻau kaʻa a pau ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, a ma kahi wale nō ʻaʻole wela a ʻaʻole hoʻi i anu.
Ke ulu nei nā lāʻau kaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe o 20 a 90 mau mika, a ʻo ke anawaena o ke kumu a hiki i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau mika. He hina ko lākou ʻili. I nā lāʻau ʻōpiopio he laumania, i nā kumulāʻau kahiko, ʻoki pinepine ia i nā papa liʻiliʻi. ʻEwalu a ʻumikūmākahi mau makahiki o nā kui, a laila hāʻule.
Pehea e hoohua ai na laau kaa?
Aia nā ʻōpuʻu a me nā cones ma luna wale nō, nā lālā ʻōpio. He kāne a he wahine paha ka pua. Lawe ka makani i ka pollen mai kekahi opuu a i kekahi opuu. A laila, ulu nā ʻōpuʻu i mau cones e kū pololei i luna.
He ʻēheu ko nā ʻanoʻano i hiki i ka makani ke lawe mamao. ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai i ka fir ke hoʻonui maikaʻi. ʻO nā unahi o nā cones e hāʻule paʻa i kēlā me kēia, ʻoiai e mau ana ka ʻōpala i waena. No laila ʻaʻohe cones holoʻokoʻa e hāʻule mai ka lāʻau, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻohi i nā cones pine.
ʻO wai ka mea hoʻohana i nā lāʻau kaʻa?
Nui ka momona i loko o nā hua. ʻAi nā manu, nā ʻiole, nā ʻiole, a me nā holoholona ulu lāʻau ʻē aʻe. Inā mālama ʻia ka hua a hāʻule i ka lepo maikaʻi, e kupu mai kahi lāʻau kaʻa hou. ʻAi pinepine ka dia, ka dia, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i kēia a i ʻole i nā ʻōpuʻu ʻōpiopio.
ʻAi nui nā pepeke i ka nectar o nā lāʻau kaʻa. Nui nā ʻano pipi i lawe i ko lākou mau tunnel ma lalo o ka ʻili. ʻAi lākou i ka lāʻau a waiho i kā lākou mau hua i loko o nā tunnels. I kekahi manawa, loaʻa i nā pīkī ka lima kiʻekiʻe, no ka laʻana, ka ʻili ʻili. A laila make ke ahi. He haʻahaʻa ka pilikia o kēia ma nā ululāʻau hui.
Hoʻohana nui ke kanaka i ka mea mua. ʻOki pinepine ka poʻe hana nahele i nā lālā o nā lāʻau kaʻa ʻōpiopio i mea e ulu ʻole ai ke kumu lāʻau ma loko. No laila hiki ke kūʻai ʻia i ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi.
He paʻakikī ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka lāʻau fir mai ka lāʻau spruce. ʻAʻole wale ke ʻano like loa akā loaʻa nā waiwai like loa. No laila, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā mea ʻelua ke kūʻai aku. Ma ka hale kūʻai lako, ua kākau wale ʻia ʻo "fir / spruce".
Hoʻohana ʻia nā kumulāʻau i nā kaola, nā papa, a me nā ʻāpana, akā hana pinepine ʻia nā lako a me nā puka i ka lāʻau kaʻa. Pono ka nui o nā kumu lāʻau no ka hana ʻana i ka pepa. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lālā: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie ma mua o nā kumu.
ʻO ka fir kā mākou kumulāʻau Kalikimaka maʻamau. Hele mai lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā kala. ʻO nā kumu lāʻau fir blue, no ka laʻana, he mau nila bluish lākou e nalowale koke ai i kahi lumi mahana. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o Nordmann. Loaʻa iā lākou nā lālā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole paʻa ko lākou mau nila, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Nordmann ma mua.