As the Russian collectors say: “Dunyasha tebya lyubit, no ona tebya ukusit.” (“Dunyasha loves you, but she will bite you.”)
The plant inherits this contradiction. For eleven months of the year, it is a pincushion of suffering. But for two weeks in late April? It produces a flower that defies logic: a with an iridescent magenta throat, smelling faintly of cloves and honey. The flower lasts only 48 hours. In that window, the plant is not desired—it is worshipped. ss galitsin 083 spiny but desired dunyasha
