50.🌸 Specimen: The Shybud

📜 Field Guide

The Shybud keeps itself close, its petals curled tightly around a small pink eye. Folklore tells that these blooms grow where secrets are whispered, too gentle to shout but too strange to stay silent. Keepers often note the feeling of being watched only when they turn away, as though the Shybud prefers to remain unnoticed.

🍄 Habitat

They thrive in soft soil scattered with stone and leaf litter. Favoured spots are shaded corners, where their presence blends easily with quieter plants.

⚠️ Warning

Though subtle, their gaze lingers. Tales warn that Shybuds remember more than they reveal, carrying fragments of overheard words long after they were spoken.

🎨 Sculptor’s Note

Each Shybud is hand-sculpted and painted, set into mossy soil with lilac leaves. No two ever curl their petals in quite the same way.