Ōhia Lehua Lei

Ōhia Lehua Lei

“Lei lehua” — sacred to Pele

ʻŌhiʻa lehua is sacred to Pele, and the old story says that picking the blossom brings rain — the tears of two lovers she turned into tree and flower. ʻŌhiʻa is also the first tree to grow on new lava, making it the pioneer of Hawaiian forests.