<p>Hi,
I really liked the Maile lei I got for son’s HS graduation. It isn’t fu fu and I was able to find son in the sea of graduates. I cannot for the life of me remember which company I used. I think it had tropical in it. I have searched the websites but cannot remember. It also looks like NO Maile to CA :(, but I see that some places have ti leaf leis.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for purchase? The college sells the flowery type, but he will not wear it.
Thanks,
LA</p>
<p>I googled ‘california maile lei’ and found a couple sites that either say they are able to ship to California, or have suggestions to find a well established florist (in Hawaii) that is able to ship. </p>
<p>Good luck, it’s a great idea.</p>
<p>Dear Karen Colleges,
Hugh THANK YOU. I had googled but gave up too soon. Hilo Hatte in Orange has a florist-simply exotic florist. It is about 1 1/2 hrs away but the girl who answered the phone is familiar with the area and if I can’t pick up, they can probably ship. I never would have checked if not for you.</p>
<p>I am off today to go to son’s first grade teacher’s retirement party. Too bad I didn’t think of lei for her.
LA</p>
<p>Darn OC florist shipping is $40. Might be going with the HI florist for less.</p>
<p>At our son’s all male prep school,one of the graduate’s parents presented each graduate with a Lei, and each of the staff members.
It was a beautiful surprise and lovely gesture! I had no idea how much each one must have cost.</p>
<p>We had a lei shipped from HI to Virginia 2 years ago. I am not sure which website we used, but I just googled lei and found them. Everything worked well and the lei was great.</p>
<p>My son’s HS has a significant Pacific Islander population and graduation leis are an unbelievable spectacle. Some graduates’ heads are almost completely covered by dozens of leis. My S is not the flower type so I made him a lei of x-c ski wax. A one of a kind and his Samoan friends thought it was cool.</p>