Well, she is the star of the show in the natural world and all the energy the plant has must be funneled into the reproductive stage of life...your lesson is not lost, my friend.
"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon
Colours seem a little muted but lovely detail.