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E hele i loko o ka honua hoʻohiwahiwa o Chico State's Biological Sciences Greenhouse, kahi wahi ʻokiʻoki o ka ʻike a me ke aʻo ʻana. E ʻimi i nā mea kupanaha o ka ʻoi aku o 1,500 mau ʻano mea kanu, me nā hiʻohiʻona laha ʻole mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e ulu ana i nā kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia. Mai nā mea ʻala ʻokoʻa a hiki i ka pua kupapaʻu hoʻohiwahiwa, e hui pū me mākou i ka huakaʻi ma nā keʻena lush o kēia hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kiʻekiʻe, e wehe ana i nā mea huna o nā kaiaola botanical kū hoʻokahi a me nā ʻenehana mahiʻai hou.
Aia i loko o ka puʻu o ka pā kula ʻo Chico State kahi pōhaku i hūnā ʻia - ʻo ka Biological Sciences Greenhouse. ʻElua mau hale mālama ʻia i ke aniau a uhi ʻia he 6000 kapuaʻi square, kū kēia hale ma ke ʻano he hōʻike i ka ʻokoʻa botanical a me ka ʻepekema ʻepekema. Ma lalo o ka mālama akamai a Shaine Hill, ka luna hoʻomalu hale a me ka ʻenehana aʻo, ua lilo kēia wahi i wahi kiko no ka hoʻonaʻauao botanical, noiʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana.
Ke heʻe ʻoe i loko, hoʻokipa koke ʻia ʻoe e ka pohā o nā kaiaola like ʻole. ʻO ka lumi mua e mālama i nā succulents a me nā mea kanu carnivorous, e hōʻike ana i ka hiki o ke ʻano ke ulu i nā kūlana maloʻo. Ke neʻe nei i mua, hoʻololi ka lewa e hoʻokipa i nā ʻano ferns a me nā mea kanu kūʻokoʻa e like me ka domatium, kahi mea kupanaha botanical e hoʻoulu i kahi pilina symbiotic me nā ʻanuʻu. ʻO ka hope loa, i ke kolu o ka lumi, ua hoʻololi ke ʻano i loko o ka paradaiso ʻoluʻolu, piha me nā orchids ʻala a me nā kumulāʻau hua exotic.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻokipa hōkū ʻo ka Amorphophallus titanum, ka pua kupapaʻu kaulana. ʻO kēia mea kanu kupaianaha, i ʻike ʻia no kona nui nui a me kona ʻala ʻala, e mohala mau ana, e huki ana i ka lehulehu mai kahi mamao aku a ākea e ʻike i kāna ʻike pōkole. Hoʻoikaika pū ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hoʻomau, hoʻohui i nā mea kanu ʻōiwi Kaleponi a hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana holomua e hōʻoia i ka ulu olakino.
Ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona, ʻike ʻia nā pilikia o ka mahi ʻana i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka mea ulu kūpono, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke koena meaʻai kūpono, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā pests koi i ka nānā mau. Hoʻohana ʻo Hill i ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻenehana manual a me nā kaohi olaola no ka mālama ʻana i ke koena maʻalahi i loko o ka ʻāina ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻAʻole hoʻokipa wale ʻia ka poʻe kipa akā paipai ʻia e makaʻala i kēia ʻāina nani. Inā paha he haumāna hoihoi paha ʻoe, he botanist makemake nui, a he mea maʻa wale paha, ke kono nei ka Biological Sciences Greenhouse iā ʻoe e wehe i nā mea pohihihi o ke aupuni mea kanu. No ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻike maka me nā mea kupanaha o ke ʻano, ʻo ka kipa ʻana i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Chico State e hoʻohiki i kahi huakaʻi poina ʻole i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka hoihoi botanical.
Kū ʻo Chico State's Biological Sciences Greenhouse i mea hōʻike i ka nani a me ka paʻakikī o ka honua mea kanu. Ma o ka curation akahele a me nā ʻenehana hou, ʻaʻole mālama wale kēia hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i nā ʻano mea kanu ʻano like ʻole akā hoʻonaʻauao a hoʻoulu i nā mea a pau e komo i kona mau puka. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o ke ʻano a me ka ʻike kanaka ma kēia wahi e hōʻike ana i nā mea kupanaha pau ʻole e kali nei e ʻike ʻia i loko o kā mākou pā hale.