Pomposity of colors - Nature's tool for survival

Pomposity of colors - 

Nature's tool for survival

San Vicente Botanical Garden

                                           Dr Abe V Rotor

Butterfly plant, what a coincidence

     in form and structure, and color;

I'd rather say, a case of mimicry,

    for mutual protection and favor.

Angel's trumpet, flimsy sinister, heralding

     not of victory but defeat;

Narcotics its essence, abuse its courtship,

     to the unwary on a dark street.

Balibago - white in the morning pink after;

     your secret of a short lived;

you must court the sun and bee without delay,

     in the act of make believe.

Mickey mouse the male, Minnie mouse the female,

     both flowers born on one plant;

If ever Disney got the idea from this plant, he's right,

     mystery is what people want.

Begonia, frail and dainty, and easy to wilt

     must shout its color to the butterfly and bee;

Else its flowers like spinsters just fade away

     sad and lonely though colorful and free.

 

Caladium - but you are far from being a flower,

     yet you're an apple to the eye of the beholder;

Whatever perception you create to your pollinator,

     count me as one, your ardent gardener. ~