Bridal bouquet ➰ When a water Lily is pollinated, the stem beings to coil on itself. The bloom is slowly drawn towards the mud, destined for a self-submerged burial. The evolutionary advantage of this is to put the seeds where they need to be for germination, and dodge hungry birds too. I already slurped down one water Lily metaphor yesterday, let me not get drunk on two. Collecting and cleaning these underwater stems was a real labour of swampy love. All thanks to the lovely @b.r.a.e.r