An Antirrhinum kit set unpacking in the sun.
Nature utilises every colour in the visible spectrum, and beyond with bees.
Antirrhinum flowers are moulded into distinctive shapes by genes tucked away in their plant cells.
Anthers pop into view while two deformed-looking petals cover the stigma. They have a different set of genes driving their development. Code poetry expressed in shape.
It takes a wee while to unpack an Antirrhinum bud as it prepares to welcome bees.
Two lateral petals in the centre are smaller than the rest. They protect the developing stigma.
Water droplets sit like small magnifying glasses after a shower.
Two fused dorsal petals sit on either side with a smaller ventral petal at the bottom. This forms a bee landing pad before they bounce past the laterals. Antirrhinum flowers have five petals in total.
