56.🌑 Specimen: The Nightpetal

📜 Field Guide

The Nightpetal is a shadowed bloomling, its dark petals streaked with pale markings like moonlight caught on feathers. Its centre, a tightly clenched maw, is said to open only under starlit skies, whispering in the night air. Folklore claims these blooms gather in quiet groves, their petals drinking in the dark while their teeth wait for whatever strays too close.

🍄 Habitat

Nightpetals favour mossy soil and shaded clearings, blooming strongest when bathed in moonlight. They are said to root deepest in places where owls hunt.

⚠️ Warning

Though still by day, legends tell their maws may stir at night. Best admired from a distance once the sun has set.

🎨 Sculptor’s Note

Each Nightpetal is hand-sculpted and painted, with unique markings across its wide petals. No two share the same shade of midnight bloom.