Hawai'ians have many legends about their flowers. This flower, the 'Naupaka', appears only to have half its blossoms. One tale tells of a chief's son who wished to marry. Tradition has it that only a virgin woman can find a flower with all its petals intact. Doubting her purity the Chief gave the bride-to-be the task of finding one of these full flowers. The son joined her quest and apparently they are still searching.