wonder if there is a biological reason for certain colors being more out there at different times?
There sure is! It's largely based on attracting certain pollinators at certain times of year, based on their breeding cycles. A lot of butterflies and beetles are hatching out of cocoons right now, so colours that specifically attract them are flowering. In Winter and Autumn it's less insect pollinators and more birds and sometimes even mammals, so the colours (and scents) change accordingly.
The colour attractions tend to evolve mutually over time, so bees in one area might be particularly attracted to yellow, but native bees in another might be really attracted to a particular shade of purple.
Is it weird that your description of this plant almost endears it to me?
Honestly, I love them. I've done concerted spiritual work with this side of them in the past (I've written about it two or three times now, though not for the past two years), and kanya spirits have been part of my 'energy exchanges' in the bushland.
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There sure is! It's largely based on attracting certain pollinators at certain times of year, based on their breeding cycles. A lot of butterflies and beetles are hatching out of cocoons right now, so colours that specifically attract them are flowering. In Winter and Autumn it's less insect pollinators and more birds and sometimes even mammals, so the colours (and scents) change accordingly.
The colour attractions tend to evolve mutually over time, so bees in one area might be particularly attracted to yellow, but native bees in another might be really attracted to a particular shade of purple.
Is it weird that your description of this plant almost endears it to me?
Honestly, I love them. I've done concerted spiritual work with this side of them in the past (I've written about it two or three times now, though not for the past two years), and kanya spirits have been part of my 'energy exchanges' in the bushland.