IF YOU'RE IN THE OTHER ROOM,
COME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ROD OWE OWE OSHIMA IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THESE COOL PLANTS.
LOCAL PEOPLE CALL THEM
MOSQUITO PLANT.
PICTURE PLANTS, SCIENTIFIC NAME
IS NAFENTIS.
TAIZO: THEY'RE SO POPULAR.
TALK ABOUT THESE.
THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL BUT THEY
HAVE A PURPOSES.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PRODUCE
FLUID INSIDE, AND YOU NOTICE
THERE'S A LITTLE CAP THAT
PROTECTS IT FROM RAINWATER.
THE FLUID INSIDE IS PROTECTED.
IT ATTRACTS INSECTS, AND IT HAS
GASTRIC ACID SO IT --
TAIZO: DIGESTS THEM.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM
PEOPLE?
THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR
HAWAI'I.
WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT
MOSQUITOES, ZIKA, DENGUE FEVER.
THIS CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
THAT.
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
TREMENDOUS.
THESE ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES IN
THEIR NATIVE AREA, BUT THEY'VE
BEEN -- THEY PRODUCED
BIOLOGICALLY, SO THAT'S WHY
THEY'RE AVAILABLE NOW.
TAIZO: THAT'S THE GREAT THING
ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE SO ATTENTIVE TO THE
ATMOSPHERE, THE CULTURE HERE IN
HAWAI'I.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW THE PLANT
GROW AND DEVELOP.
DO THEY NEED A LOT OF SUNLIGHT?
HOW DOES A PLANT LIKE THIS WORK?
THEY'RE VERY VERSATILE.
YOU CAN ACCLIMATE THEM TO FULL
SUN OR THEY CAN DO IN THE
MORNING SUN.
THE LEAVES IF YOU IN IN IN THE,
THEY --
TAIZO: AMAZING.
WHAT A FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE
PLANT.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT YOU AND
WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF
PLANT, I CALL YOU.
THIS WEEKEND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
AT AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE
YOU AND ALL THE GREAT PLANTS YOU
HAVE THERE.
OCTOBER.
OCTOBER 14, 15TH AND 16TH, WE'RE
GOING TO BE AT THE NBC AT THE
NEW FOOD AND PRODUCT SHOW.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISPLAY.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
TAIZO: WHEN WE SAY ASK
QUESTIONS, I COULD SIT WITH THIS
MAN FOR HOURS AND LEARN.
WE TALKED ABOUT MY GRANDPA'S
YARD, WHICH IS IN A WETTER AREA.
IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE
THINGS IN MIND?
I LIVE ON THE KAILUA SIDE OR EWA
BEACH BECAUSE IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN THE PLANT YOU
CHOOSE AROUND YOUR HOME.
IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
CERTAIN PLANT WILL REQUIRE MORE
SUN, MORE MOISTURE OR LESS SUN,
LESS MOISTURE.
DEPENDING ON YOUR ENVIRONMENT,
WE CAN RECOMMEND PLANT THAT WILL
FIT YOUR SITUATION.
TAIZO: YOU DID A GREAT THING
FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
MOTHER'S DAY AS WELL.
YOU'RE SO GOOD ABOUT FINDING THE
RIGHT PLANTS FOR PEOPLE.
YOU GOT SMALLER PLANTS PEOPLE
CAN HAVE IN THEIR HOUSE.
ESPECIALLY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE
THERE'S A LOT OF SEG TEARS --
SECRETARIES AND THEY LIKE TO
HAVE A LITTLE PLANT AT THEIR
DESK.
WE CAN SUGGEST PLANTS THAT WILL
LAST AT LEAST A YEAR.
TAIZO: HOPEFULLY LONGER.
THESE PLANT ARE ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE
AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
OVER MLINGS OF -- MILLIONS OF
YEARS.
THIS KEEPS THE MOSQUITOES AND
THEM INSIDE.
THIS LITTLE FLAP.
UNBELIEVABLE.
IT'S AMAZING.
AND THE COLORS CHANGE BASED UPON
THE LIGHT THAT THEY RECEIVE.
RIGHT.
YOU CAN TELL FROM THE DIFFERENT
VARIETIES, SPOTED, IT'S PINK.
THERE'S A DARKER COLOR.
THEY COME IN DIFFERENT SHADES.
TAIZO: SOMEONE WATCHING AT
HOME, WHAT'S THE THE BEST WAY TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH YOU?
TEXT ME.
TAIZO: AND WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION THERE.
TEXT HIM.
HE'S GOING TO TEXT YOU BACK.
HE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
I'VE HAD FRIENDS WHO TEXTED YOU
AND ASKED YOU SELF SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENT
COMING UP THIS WEEKEND?
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
DOWN AT THE SHOW.
I EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
COME DOWN AND PURCHASE STUFF.
TAIZO: WILL YOU HAVE --
PLANTS LIKE THIS?
ALMOST THE SAME THING.
TAIZO: THESE WILL SELL OUT
QUICKLY.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, FUNCTIONAL
AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THOSE
MOSQUITOES AWAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S SO GREAT TO LEARN FROM A
MAN THAT KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT
PLANTS AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN
HAWAI'I.