The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren’t grown in the Aloha State.

Just like we have the American flag and individual U.S. state flags, states also have their own state flowers. (The national flower is the rose!) Some states share their state flowers with others, ...

Hawaiian lei are often made with Thai orchids. Now, lawmakers are pushing for a restriction on imported flowers – which could ...

Some Hawaii lawmakers think the state should do more to help producers of lei made with locally grown, fragrant flowers, rather than imported purple orchids, but some lei sellers worry that proposed ...