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Caly's Milestones
Look back at all the major events in Caly’s life, her community, and the conservation efforts to keep her alive.
Highlighted Milestones
What's been happening lately?
Caly
Oct 19, 2018
Weather and climate up here in the Waianae mountains
Wow, time sure flies when you’re an endangered plant hanging on the brink! Scientists have already collected one years’ worth of data at...
Caly
Oct 5, 2018
A year on top of a ridge on Oahu
This week marks a full year of images taken of the valley where I live from PlantCam's ridge camera. Because images are uploaded every 15...
Caly
Sep 7, 2018
A second chance at Lyon Arboretum
Back in February after I was nearly killed by a tumbling invasive tree, there seemed to be little hope for one of my two adult stems that...
Caly
Aug 31, 2018
Post Hurricane Lane update
My friends and I fared well with the storm last week! But it was still quite windy up here! Check the time lapse of the last week and you...
Caly
Aug 22, 2018
Bracing for Hurricane Lane!
As Hurricane Lane approaches and people hurriedly prepare for it, it is good to remember that many rare Hawaiian plants like me are also...
Caly
Aug 15, 2018
Summer rains
Up until last week’s rain it had been hot and dry up here… not only was the last month the warmest this year (as expected) but also quite...
Caly
Jul 31, 2018
Plant conservation tools
Aloha Kakou! It’s been rather warm up here in the mountains the last week and my fruits are developing nicely. Some of you may have...
Sam Case
Jul 24, 2018
Fruiting as a rare plant in a new community of animals
Fruiting plants rely on animals to eat their fruit and spread their seeds across the landscape. Unfortunately, nearly all of the...
Caly
Jul 14, 2018
Timelapse of my entire flowering season!
My flowering season is done… After being nearly killed by a falling Schinus tree in February, some doubted I was going to flower much!...
Caly
Jul 8, 2018
Caly gets some bird visitors!
Among the many things the plantCam project is monitoring is plant visits by means of IR sensors. Previous to this, we had really no idea...
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