The aerophytic orchids that hang by threads of weathered linen on the peacock tree is blooming in profusion. Meanwhile, the peacock tree, feeling parched, clipped, and facing its own existential threats, is not providing enough to shield and relieve the orchids’ entitled blooms. Sun-damage!

The bottom-fishers bloom with abandonement.

While seeds fall to the ground and die, another blooms again.

Panasonic Lumix G9 Olympus Zuiko 12-100mm F2.8, Palm Sunday 2024