Good Morning from Oah'u

 

Yesterday at Kailua Beach, about 50 yards from our room.

While we were standing around the luggage corral at the airport yesterday a woman was carting around stand of leis. I am not one for impulsive touristy purchases, but the smell of the flowers was incredible. It turns out Plumeria, the flower that it's made of, has a history of being a temptress.

From Wikipedia: "Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar." They are also incredibly fragrant during the day, at an airport and even the next morning while blogging at the laptop.