I loko o kāu māla, he mea nui i ka loaʻaʻana o nā'ōlaʻa o nā lāʻoihana e hiki ai keʻahaʻaina i nā huaʻai i ka makahiki a puni. I kēia lā, ua hele nui mākou i ka hoʻomālamalamaʻana i nāʻano o nā'ō'ō o nā'ōlēlū, ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona, nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pōʻinoʻole. E noʻonoʻo i nā kumu koi no ka mālamaʻana i kēiaʻano lāʻau a ke kanu pono i nā mea kanu.
WaeʻAno Ka poʻe maʻi
Aloe vera a aloe veraʻelua mau mea kanu likeʻole, akā nō naʻe heʻano like lākou, he likeʻole ko lākouʻano, ka hana a me ka hoʻohanaʻana. ʻO ka aloe maʻamau ka lāʻau kanu, aʻo ia hoʻi ka "agave". Aloe vera kahiʻano ulu lāʻauʻaʻole i ulu i keʻano o keʻano lāʻau, aʻo kona mau lau lāʻau e ulu ana mai ke kola aʻa (rosette).
Hikiʻole paha e hiki ke wehewehe i nāʻano cacti a pau i loko o ka honua ma hoʻokahi kumuhana - aia he 5,000 mauʻano, no laila e nānā wale kēia mea i nā mea hoihoi loa no nā koina home, e ho'ākāka ana i nāʻano hana a me nā kānāwai no ka mālamaʻana a me ka mahiʻaiʻana. Nāʻike a me nāʻano pilikinoʻO ka'ōlelo Helene "cactus" i hoʻohana muaʻia e pili i nā mea kanuʻole.