#Fairy Lanterns

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"Fairy Lanterns" (2007) page scans.

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Eternal Flower Files Short: Thismia

Sources: (1) CNET - Freaky Fairy Lantern (2) Kenji Suetsugu via Japan Times

In Eternal Flower Files II: Flowers of the Fleur de Lys, I talked about the flowers that most likely inspired Eternal Flower Floette. But there's one flower that didn't really fit that theory, even though it's really interesting.

Instead, it fit my crazy fungus theory better. This is thismia, the elusive flower that feeds on fungi. They are also known as Fairy Lanterns, which is so appropriate for Kalos. Fairy Lanterns are an incredibly rare, elusive flower. Thismia kobensis (the one on the right) was recently rediscovered in Japan after decades of being thought to be extinct. Same with thismia neptunis. There are so many stories of researchers searching for thismia species across the world, and the rarity and adventure to just find one reminds me of the Eternal Flower.

Back in my earlier post "Xerneas and Yveltal are Fungus - Let Me Explain..." I theorized that Xerneas and Yveltal are a kind of fungi, because of their bio-luminescent appearance and their life supporting and life draining properties. I also lichened Yggdrasil to the mychorrhizal network, a network of mycelium that unite other fungi and plants into a beneficial symbiotic relationship. Truly a harmonious collective.

Source: BBC News - How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

Well, the Fairy Lantern is one flower that exploits that symbiotic relationship! Talk about a bad relationship. Fairy Lanterns are parasitic, ironically plants that leech the life from fungi. Many of them also have six petals, just like the flowers depicted in the Fleur de lys. Of course, the Fairy Lantern probably isn't an inspiration for the Eternal Flower, but its parasitic relationship with fungi reminds me of the way AZ's Ultimate Weapon leeches off of Xerneas and Yveltal to do its thing. I just wanted to write about it!

I learned about thismia from Animalogic.

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