Reds. Red Flame, Hemigraphis reptans, and Adenanthera pavonina Seed, Bead Tree, KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Red Lines of Red Flame's tiny flowers serve to lead insects to the nourishing products deep inside the corolla. Red Flame flourishes in tropical shade. Indeed, by noon most flowers have fallen. Here they're still attached to their dark green plants. But fallen is that scarlet seed from the shading Bead Tree above our flowers. Those very hard seeds are still used to fashion beady necklaces; given their consistant weights they were once apparently used for weighing in the gold trade.
Reds. Red Flame, Hemigraphis reptans, and Adenanthera pavonina Seed, Bead Tree, KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Red Lines of Red Flame's tiny flowers serve to lead insects to the nourishing products deep inside the corolla. Red Flame flourishes in tropical shade. Indeed, by noon most flowers have fallen. Here they're still attached to their dark green plants. But fallen is that scarlet seed from the shading Bead Tree above our flowers. Those very hard seeds are still used to fashion beady necklaces; given their consistant weights they were once apparently used for weighing in the gold trade.