Our local islanders remember their youth when the fragrance and beauty of ‘honohono’ flowers carried fond memories. Originally a species from the Phillipines, Den. anosmum has many large fragrant flowers in rich colors. At the end of the blooming season, the bloomed-out canes can be cut off, and if watered weekly will sprout new plants (keiki) within months on these, while the mother plant grows new larger canes. After one blooming season, plants with 4-6 canes have the potential to produce over a dozen keiki in the next season. Six and seven year old plants have several very healthy canes, and bloom in spring.