I awoke to this. Giant flower buds have yet to disappoint!
Galen is away on tour, so I exclaimed several things out loud to no one. Fortunately, Marc dropped by to loan me a book on his way to work, so I got to share the special thrill of outlandish botany with another human.
Two neighbourly humans agree: it’s so hairy.
My immediate thought was for the pollinator. What is supposed to rub its body on that flower? Marc surmised that the pollinator should be at least as hairy as the plant.
Hopefully the flower is hard at work summoning this creature, and later this afternoon I’ll find some variety of Ancient Beast knocking against the window screen, trying to achieve its hairy destiny.
Yeah. It sort of speaks for itself! The euphorbia has over-achieved. We’re all very pleased with its performance this quarter.