ʻO nā mea kanu i nā mea kanu e hāʻawi ai i kahi kīhāpai i kahi ulu honua
ʻO ka taxonomy a me keʻano o Elephant Ears
Hoʻopiliʻia ka taxonomy mea kanu i nā kumulāʻau pepeiao loloa iʻike nuiʻia, aiʻole ka "taro," e like me Colocasia esculenta . Akā,ʻo nā mea kanu o ka Alocasia genus a me ka Xanthosoma genus hiki ke hele ma ka inoa likeʻole. Noho pū kekahi mau cultivars , me nāʻano me nā lauʻeleʻele (e like paha, C. esculenta 'Black Magic'), hoʻonoho iā lākou i waena o nā mea i kapaʻia he " mea kanuʻeleʻele ."
Ke ulu nei nā mea ulu mai kahi papa lepo i like me kahi pākuhi akāʻikeʻiaʻo " corm ." He mau mea momona ia i ka mahana mahana (e nānā i ka helu hou).
Nā wahi kanu, nā lā a me ka pono
I ke kanuʻana i ka māhele 8 a ma luna aʻe, hiki ke hoʻokuʻuʻia nā pepeiao o ka'elepona i waho o ka makahiki. ʻAʻole lākou he kanaka maoli no Florida akā ua lilo i mauhue i kekahi mau wahi lepo ma ka hapa hema o ka moku'āina a ua hoʻolahaʻia. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻoʻia lākou he poʻeʻino i laila. I ka piʻiʻana o ka mahana, ua mālamaʻia nā mea kanu e like me nā makahiki makahiki, e hāʻawi ana i kā mākou wahi ihoʻuʻuku o ka'āina hoʻolālā lau nahele,ʻoiai ua pōkole. Akā, hiki ke laweʻia lākou i loko o ka hale no ka hoʻoilo e hoʻonui i ko lākou ola (e nānā i lalo).
E kanu i nā'ōpani'ōpiopio i kahi lepoʻeleʻele i kahi pale malu. ʻOiai he ulu ulu'āina i ka nahele hihiu, nā mea kanu hihiu e like me ka nui o ka wai. Hiki iā lākou ke koho maikaʻi no nā wahi momona kahi e pilikia pinepine ai nā mea hale i ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea kanu kūpono.
Nāʻano o kēia Tropical Plant
Ma ka hoʻolālāʻana, e ulu ana nā pepeiaoʻeleʻele no ka nui o nā lau o ka naʻau. ʻOiai e hiki i kēia mau lau ke piʻi iʻekolu kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a he 2 kapuaʻi ka laulā i nā'ōiwi, ma ke kūkulu'ākau e emi ana lākou, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ana. Hiki i nā mea ulu ke ulu i 8 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi i nā mea hoʻomehana; ma ka'ākau, he kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o 2-3 kapuaʻi (ma muli o ka uluʻana).
Hoʻohana i ka papa'āina, ke kumu o ka inoa Botanical
Ma ka'ākau, e mālama i nā pepeiao'eleʻa me nā makahiki . E hoʻopiha i kā lākou mau lālā nui, maikaʻi a ulu iā lākou i waena o nā mea kanu'ē aʻe, e hoʻololi i keʻano ma kahi kanu kanu. Mai kūʻai iki i kēia kumukūʻai no ka meaʻaʻohe pua nani. Eʻike ana nā'āina ākea'āina, a hoʻomaka ka lehulehu e hopu i: hiki iāʻoe ke hilinaʻi ma nā lālā maikaʻi e lōʻihi aku ma mua o ka hiki iāʻoe ke pua. ʻO nā Elephant pepeiao kahi wale nō ia o nā mea kanu i kanuʻia e nā lau .
ʻO ko lākou make waiʻana,ʻaʻole i kūpono nā pepeiao'elepona ma nā wahi nani o ka'āina, akā, kokoke i nā hiʻohiʻona wai . Hoʻokahi kohoʻanaʻo ia ke uluʻana i loko o nā pahu a hoʻokuʻi i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi no nā māla wai . Me kā lākou mau pale kaua pale nui, hana lākou i kahiʻano likeʻole me kahiʻoihana punahele'ē aʻe e pili ana i nā māla wai, ka hale kepau , ka mea e hoʻouka i nā pale kaua lōʻihi e like me nā wana mai kona kumu.
ʻO ka Elephant ears 'species name, esculentia ,ʻo ia ka hua'ōlelo hoʻokahi e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka hua'ōlelo "esculent,"ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea hiki ke lawe. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea waiwai nui nā'ōpoki elepona i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, no ka piʻiʻana i ka mahana (no ka mea hou aku, e nānā i lalo).
Nā mālama mālama
ʻO nā pua Elephant ka mea hānai kaumaha. E hoʻonui iā lākou i kahi mea hoʻonuiʻia i ka hauʻona.
He palupalu nā lālā lau o nā lau nahele . Akā, hiki ke loli i ka piʻi mālie. Eʻoki wale i nā corms ae mālama iā lākou i loko o kahi hauʻoli, akā,ʻaʻole i hoʻolulilili i lalo aiʻole ka hale kaʻa, no ka mea, e mālamaʻoe i nā puʻupu canna , nā kohlia tubers , a me nā mea'ē aʻe.ʻOiai lākou e mālama nei no ka hoʻoilo, . E kanu hou iā lākou ma ka punawai i hala nā pilikia o ka hau.
Nā Pākuʻi Iʻe
Ua hanaʻia kekahi mauʻano puaa o nā pua elephant i inoa no lākou no ka'ōniʻoniʻo o ko lākou mau lālā. ʻO nā mea he nui, me ka'ē aʻe o ka "cultivator Black Magic", he mau lau me kahiʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele i loko. Eia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona:
- 'Aleʻeleʻeleʻele ka 'Black Coral'.
- 'Illustris':ʻeleʻele, me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo.
- 'ʻO Jet Black Wonder': he'ōlina keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo e kū nei ma waho o kahiʻeleʻele.
ʻO nā mea kanu a me nā melemele i loko o lākou ua kaulana pū nō hoʻi:
- 'Lime Zinger'.
- ʻO ka 'Gold Gold' he kāpili gula.
- ʻO ka 'Yellow Splash' he laulā o ka'ōmaʻomaʻa a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, e like me ka mea kanu pothos i hoʻohana nuiʻia e like me ka hale kanu.
ʻO Elephant Ears and Edible Hoʻolawai'āina: Taro Root
No ka poʻe o mākou e makemake nei i ka waiwai kūpono o C. esculenta , ua kūpono ka inoa maʻamau, "nā lelo uʻi", no ka mea ua mahalo mākou i ka nui o kona mau lau. Akā,ʻo ka poʻe i makemake i ka waiwai kūpono o ka mea kanu e noʻonoʻo i ia me he "taro" aiʻole ka "coco yam," i ia manawa ke kumu o ka hilinaʻi ma luna o ke kumu, aiʻole ka corm.
Wahi a Wilfred Lee ("Ethnobotanical Lefillets", Ke KulanuiʻOi Komohanaʻo Keonelani, Carbondale, 1999), "Ua hoʻokumuʻo Taro i ke koʻokoʻo o ke ola no nā Hawaiʻi i ka hikiʻana o Kāpena Kuke i nā mokupuni i ka makahiki 1778. I ia manawa, ua hōʻemiʻia heʻekolu haneri haneli mau kānaka ma ka Ua noho aliʻiʻia nā mokupuni ma luna o ka poi (ka palaoa i hanaʻoleʻia), kaʻuala, ka iʻa, ka uawe, a me kekahi mau mea kanu momona a me nā hua. "
Ma muli o kēiaʻano, hiki i nā lālā a pau o nā mea ulu pepeiao ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka'ōpū i ke komoʻana me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻoleʻoleʻia. Hiki i ka sap ke lilo i meaʻili.