Oh... I slept through a small part of the Lei making lecture in Galveston...could someone answer the question about how many flowers go into making a Lei...I've about 35 open now..and would almost sacrifice a weeks worth of blooms..to be able to walk about in the middle of winter...warm as can be outside in NYC..wearing my Lei.. Thanks... Gordon.
Gordon, I missed partof that too, but I did see a lot of people with 'half-leis' which were still attractive enough.
I think it varies with which method you use how many blooms it takes.
If you were a girl the nice hair ornament which requires 5 flowers only would be a good alternative, but somehow I can't see you with one of those......
Sorry I can't help, Gordon, but thanks for the great picture! I think, if I remember correctly, that it takes a hundred or more flowers for a lei, but perhaps that just depends on the size of the lei? How about picking flowers for a plumie ring?
How to:
http://www.alohafriends.com/leimaking.html
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/crafthold/leimaker.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2750_make-flower-lei.html
http://www.plumeria101.com/lei.html
Book
http://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Making-Step-Step-Guide/dp/1566472237
Supplies
http://paradiseflowers.com/supplies.htm
Idea's
http://www.hawaiiflowerlei.com/
What great links, Robert! This is information that needs to go into the FAQ Sticky Thread! Awesome! Now, if Terry would just get back to me on that...
Well thanks all..
Robert..great links... Ive got the single and double lei's construction from the lecture... I guess I'll keep them growing on the tree... needing all of them for a lei..I'd be left with bare limbs if I harvested..
all of the flowers are on one tree..so they are all alike right now...in a week or two others should be blooming.... pictured here is a better picture of this tree...all of the plueria flowers are on limbs on one trunk.. it has just spread out .. to about 7' x 7' at the top..this 7' x 7' tree...came through the 16" x 36" hatch a couple of months ago.. I fold the limbs up together..and tape them together.. and have it lowered onto my sholder .[ got to be 150 pounds for that one also ] to descend the ladder to my apartment below the roof garden.. there I cut the tape...and they spring back out to it's grand size..to no apparent harm.. unless the 7 flower heads are flowering in anticipation of imminant death.. it believes must surely be on the way after such a trip...
Lovely table Clair... great plumiering... I'm always thinking I'm going to make one.. and never find the time to get into a pottery shop.. I want to do a series of square plates made as a beach landscape..with two blue sections [water/sky abovw/below..and a white sand area.. inbetween...made with three colors of clay.. and a clear glaze.. OH...like the candle...I saw a way to make a wine table chiller that looks similar..flowers imbeded in the ice it is made from... might make one with a few plumeria flowers today..to show you... nothing like a new project.. toalow one to neglect the ones already on the agenda... Gordon
Thanks so much, Gordon! That candle is almost too pretty to burn. I only burn it once a year at Christmas time. It smells really good too. Speaking of smelling good, it must smell awesome in your apartment with all those amazing flowers! Congrats on getting so many blooms. That is such an achievement, given your climate and growing conditions. I am so amazed at how you move that rooftop garden every year up and down. That is truly a labor of love. Your neighbors must love you as they gaze upon your garden each year on the roof. I would love to see those square plates and the table chiller. They sound so creative!
well I've thecooler Clare... I'llput the how to ina new threadsosome might visit that otherwise might pass it over...
It does look alot like your candle..dosen't it...Gordon
It surely does. I think it is even prettier than the candle. Well done, Gordon! Thanks so much for posting this.
