41.👁️ Specimen: The Murmur Bud

📜 Field Guide

The Murmur Bud rises on a twisted stem, bearing several closed blooms and a single eye that dares to open. Folklore says these buds whisper softly at night, trading secrets in voices too faint to catch. Keepers claim that the unopened flowers twitch in moonlight, as though straining to join the chorus. Its presence is unsettling yet strangely compelling, as though it knows more than it reveals.

🍄 Habitat

Murmur Buds prefer damp, shadowed soil near ruins or tangled roots. They thrive in the company of stone, moss, and bone, and charms buried at their base are said to quicken their whispers.

⚠️ Warning

It is unwise to force the buds to bloom. Tales warn that when all awaken at once, their murmurs become a wail that unsettles the mind and follows into dreams.

🎨 Sculptor’s Note

Each Murmur Bud is hand-sculpted and painted, set into mossy soil with miniature skull accents. No two are ever the same, each with its own peculiar watchfulness.