51.🌑 Specimen: The Gloomseed

📜 Field Guide

The Gloomseed keeps its secrets sealed, its dark bud closed tightly within violet petals. Folklore tells that these plants contain dreams too heavy to be spoken, growing where shadows linger longest. Keepers often note a strange stillness around them, as though the air itself listens in silence.

🍄 Habitat

They prefer rich, damp soil and thickets where light barely reaches. Gloomseeds flourish beside moss and stone, where their roots can grow deep in peace.

⚠️ Warning

Though quiet, their presence weighs heavy. Old tales warn that forcing a Gloomseed to open may release whispers that cling long after the plant is gone.

🎨 Sculptor’s Note

Each Gloomseed is hand-sculpted and painted, its bud carefully sealed to hold its mystery. No two remain closed in quite the same way.