45.🪨 Specimen: The Stonebud

📜 Field Guide

The Stonebud is unlike other blooms, its core formed of overlapping scales that resemble weathered stone. From the gaps peers a single copper eye, steady and unblinking. Folklore marks these plants as guardians of hidden places, rooted where secrets are buried. Their gaze is said to weigh heavily on intruders, as though judging their worth.

🍄 Habitat

Stonebuds thrive in mossy soil near crumbled walls or ruins, where old stone surrounds them. They favour shaded ground rich with minerals, feeding slowly but surely.

⚠️ Warning

The Stonebud is patient but not passive. Legends claim those who disturb its roots may find themselves dreaming of walls that close tighter each night.

🎨 Sculptor’s Note

Each Stonebud is hand-sculpted in clay and painted in layers to mimic age and stone. No two are alike, and every eye is uniquely painted by hand.