Kurinji Flower 2018

Post-bloom, the Kurinji plants senesced (died) and dried up. Fire-protection measures were intensified because dry Kurinji stalks are highly flammable. The seeds lay dormant in the soil, waiting for 2030.

However, challenges emerged:

There is a melancholy beauty to the Kurinji. Unlike the perennial rose or the seasonal marigold, the Kurinji demands patience. It teaches those who witness it that the most spectacular things are often the most fleeting. By late autumn 2018, the violet seas began to recede. The flowers withered, turning the hills into a blanket of rusty brown seed heads, fragile and dry. kurinji flower 2018