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Ms. Matsubara and a friend made 90 floral bracelets for guests featuring a rare green flower from the ohia lehua tree.

Mr. Matsubara’s mother made 90 bracelets with liko lehua, a flower from the ohia lehua tree sourced from the Big Island.

Ohia lehua trees felled by the lava flows smoldered under the cloudy sky.

The resolution notes that for Hawaiian cultural practitioners, ohia lehua is a physical manifestation of deities, most notably the goddess of hula, Laka.

The group’s soloist will wear ohia lehua in her lei when she performs a kahiko —the most ancient form of hula — to vie for the title of Miss Aloha Hula.