The Bird of Paradise's only purpose in life
is to look beautiful. And yearn for a sunbird.
Pity.
| Arising from a boat-shaped sheath, up to six flaming orange blossoms appear,
one every other day. In its native habitat of Madagascar, it is one of
the few flowers actually pollinated by a bird's feet. A sunbird (Africa's
hummingbird) alights on the blue arrow, splitting it open. |
The hidden pollen sticks to its feet, and after a beak full of sweet nectar,
the bird flies off to passively pollinate the next grateful flower. In
Hawaii, since we don't have cooperating birds, the flowers have to be pollinated
by hand. After all, beauty must be served. |

This representation of the original digital
painting is deliberately smudged in a small area to frustrate pirating of
the image.
All prints are personally signed and available in three sizes, each matted
to fit a standard, ready-made frame.
See order form for sizes, prices and other
details.
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