Flowers quite often push the plant they bloom on into the background. Sometimes, however, they are so lush and so complicated they appear to have a life of their own. How could this bloom be the product of a pedestrian plant? It’s as if an alien life form were hovering over an earthy succulent. All this to produce a few more succulents. It is, I think, unlikely. It's so amazing that it’s hard to fathom, or maybe it’s just hard to believe. There is nothing special about this location, it's just on the ground outside a house, but what more could it require besides itself?