10-1/4" square
Ink drawing printed over watercolor |
Orchid Pollination IVA practical construction underlies The practices of deals and subterfuge. Like hedges, pleated petals act as guides Or, wrapped around themselves, conduct through tubes The vehicles that carry on the trade. But other means make sure they stay on course: Sometimes mechanical devices aid The process with a little extra force. A petal doorstep-landing pad invites; The trader lands, and turns it on a hinge, To tip the petal up and by his weight, Release a spring that throws the insect in. He’s waxed with something sticky where he’s fallen, Then, buffed and powdered, exits robed in pollen. |