Here’s how to keep your Hawaiian fresh flower lei fresh, so you can wear it more than one evening. You’ll have to plan ahead to do this!
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How to keep your Hawaiian flower lei fresh
- Pack a gallon zip-close plastic bag or disposable plastic containers.
- Soak a paper towel, or several pieces facial tissue, until they are almost dripping. Place the wet toweling in the bottom of your container.
- Add your lei loosely, taking care not to crush the flowers. Close the bag.
- Put the container in your room refrigerator. Make sure to put it away from the top; sometimes things freeze at the top of a mini-fridge. At some hotels you might have to request a room refrigerator before check-in. The Hyatt Maui Resort and Spa has not just one, but two refrigerators in every room.
Plumerias, like the flower we saw floating on the grounds of a Maui resort – in the image below, are commonly used to make leis. Most of the ones we saw on our visit were made with dendrobian orchids, like the leis pictured hanging above.
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