Shrawan is about to end. In Shrawan bloom any member of beautiful flowers with wondrous fragrances. Every where there seems to be an overflow of lovely flowers in this month.
Of all these blooms, the best is the coral flower in my opinion. Sure, each flower is wonderfully unique. Yet the coral flower is indeed special. It is unbelievably fragile and delicate. It has five petals and these petals have a lovely pattern of half swirls at the outer edge. These snow white petals are centrifugally joined with an ochre centre that juts out in to a delicate small little ochre stem. Thus this flower is a lovely bundle of shapes, patterns and colours.
Much better is its fragrance. It is mild, not heady. Yet it makes your palms fragrant for a long time if you hold the flowers gently cupped in both your palms just for a few seconds. It is a folk belief that if the flower does not wither nor wilt in your palms, you are a very good person.
The lovely fragrance of the coral flower wafts with the wet weather. At night, it blows gently with the breeze. The moment you open the door in the morning, the mild fragrance meets you the most welcome way.
More than its look and fragrance, I find fascinating the way it separates from the branch. Literally it dances with the wind. Otherwise just shake the tree a little, and there would be a cascade that looks as if all the stars in the sky are spread out in your front yard.
No wonder, it is known as a tree from the paradise that Lord Krishna was gifted due to his valour. The entire story is quite well-known, and hardly deserves a repeat, right? In brief, such is the unique beauty of the flower that you begin dreaming of the next Shrawan even when the current season is still on!!!
Pratima@ Beauty is as beauty does.
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