HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren’t grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids ...

For Little Plum Executive Chef Casey Kusaka, flowers have never been an afterthought. They shaped his childhood in Kaneohe, where his grandmother wove lei and ti leaves, his mother and sister danced ...

Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii. But the purple orchid lei that adorn the necks of tourists often aren't made in the Aloha State. Instead, they are imported from Thailand. Some ...