Garden Invasion: Stalking the Flowers (Part II)

There are flowers with textures that resemble specialty papers–they looked like the tiniest drop of rain could tear them but they don’t;

Then there are those that looked like velvet;

There are those that look like artificial flowers. You have to touch them to see if they are real;

By their looks, there are also tough ones;

There are those that resemble other creatures in their environment…such as insects;

There are those that seem to defy gravity in order to demonstrate daredevil acts;

Delicate. Fragile. In their lightness they seem to just float in the air. But they have nerves of steel;

Others could smell bad and still radiate beauty.

Others are quite plain passersby tend to ignore them…

but when they spring to life, they will surprise you! Astound you.

And then, there are those that simply radiate beauty inside and out.

But what amazes me more is the story of transcendence that flowers tell.

At one time it is just one small kernel that developed on a modified shoot from a determinate apical meristem. Then, the petals unfold, the flower matures. With maturation comes changes in color, shape, size. Then, just when it is about to wither, fall and mingle with the soil to become an organic matter that fertilizes the same plant from whence it came, another kernel breaks out from the meristem.