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unusual facts about lava rock



Bulbophyllum porphyrostachys

Although the distribution of B. porphyrostachys is widespread; from Southern Nigeria (in Okuma, Sapoba and Usonigbe Forest Reserves, and in Calabar) to Cameroon (specifically on Mount Cameroon) and Congo-Brazzaville; it is found only sporadically, as either an epiphyte, or a lithophyte (on lava rock).

Canyonside School

The lava rock building was constructed by stonemason H.T. Pugh in 1920; it was one of four stone rural schools built by Pugh.


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Fire Stations of Oahu

The Central Fire Station at that time was a lava-rock building of two-and-a-half stories designed in 1896 by Clinton Briggs Ripley and C.W. Dickey in the Richardsonian Romanesque style that dominated the downtown area at that time.

Hylocereus undatus

There is a locally famous cacti hedge on a lava rock wall of the Punahou School in Honolulu, the hedge of Kapunahou.

Jerome Cooperative Creamery

They were built by master stonemason H.T. Pugh who popularized the use of lava rock in the Jerome area.

Mirador del Río

The location was created in 1974 by the local artist César Manrique in his typical style, consisting of a balustraded cafe, a souvenir shop and a platform on its top which are integrated in the lava rock.

Sugarloaf School

It was built in 1924 by master stonemason H.T. Pugh who popularized the use of lava rock in the Jerome area.