Papua New Guinean flowers

BY ELIZABETH WAWAGA

Different colours, different zones
Different shapes, different cones
Different types, different genomes
Papua New Guinea’s very own

Every province, every own
Every petal, every blown
Every seed, every sown
Papua New Guinea’s very own

Many to see, many known
Many to pick, many shown
Many to sell, many sown
Papua New Guineans grow their very own

Come see the beauty, our very own
Come smell the scent, our very own
Come pick the flowers, our very own
Papua New Guinea’s flowers, our very own

Elizabeth Wawaga (28) was born in Rabaul and recently moved to Goroka as a scientific officer at the Institute of Medical Research.  She likes to write about simple things that people don't immediately appreciate.  She also likes to write about the different things she encounters and experiences because she feels that by writing them down future generations can be encouraged and given a sense of direction when they come across similar situations

Comments

[Wheless Forsyth]

Such a nice poem. I love it. Your subject also is cool. Well-written indeed!

[Colin Huggins]

Barbara - I got to know Andrea Millar, a very forminable woman, during my time in TPNG. Very direct indeed, took no stupidity, tolerated no fools, screamed bloody murder at her workers, they all loved and respected her.

She was offered when Imperial Honours were dished out by the then Australian colonial government. Her response to the OBE was a classic. Stick it where it hurts the most!

Now have a look at this: Before and now, plus comments.

http://www.trupela.com/2008/09/03/old-photos-of-lae-2/

Quite remarkable difference don't you think? Lae then - Lae now! I think some improvements are necessary and ASAP.
I still scatch my head as to wonder why she was so good to me in my horticultural endeavours at Finschhafen/Gagidu and Kambili "T" Schools?

Andrea was a truely remarkable pioneer. God bless her, and to that she would reply - Bullshit!

[Mrs Barbara Short]

I remember going through after the big trees were sawn down on the Gazelle and removing the wonderful native orchids from the top branches and sending them to Mrs Miller in Moresby.
I wonder if anyone is collecting them. They are very unique, often very small, but very beautiful.

[Clyde Willis]

Every district in PNG needs its own botanic gardens with so much diversity to help care for indigenous plants removed from logging & or other development sites as they are not supposed to be exported with any other items.

Each locality's flower and shrub farmers need to get together to help care and make sure these valuable flora are cared for here in PNG and look after what should be our good harvest of 'exquisite' flowers etc.

[Gas Logis]

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