Anyone who has attended a Luau will recognise this flower. It's used in the head dresses of the hula dancers. Normally red, these flowers are occasionally yellow. True to form another legend accompanies this blossom. Ohi'a was a young Big Island Chief who was courting a girl named Lehua. The Volcano Goddess Pele wanted this Chief for herself and one day appeared before him adorned in fine clothes. When asked to be her husband, Ohi'a politely but firmly denied her. As punishment Pele turned Ohi'a into a gnarly tree. The other gods hearing of this tried to repair the damage but were unsuccessful. Their only accomplishment was unite the lovers by turning Lehua into a blossom on the tree. It is said that picking such a flower will bring rain, the tears of heaven for lovers everywhere.