| Burmannia coelestis (Family: Burmanniaceae) |
| They blossom
towards the heavens, reflecting its sky-blue colour (coelestis - in Latin) in an estatic display. For life is just too short for this annual herb. It would not be long before its three-merous flowers wither brown and be carried off by the wind - roll, tumble and disintegrate - to rest its tiny seeds on some good earth and await the next season of growth. The floral arrangement, of 3 tepals in two ranks in Burmanniaceae, is considered by some to be closely allied to some families, such as Amaryllidaceae, in Liliflorae. Blue is also the most uncommon colour exhibited in the plant kingdom. |
