Field guide No. 1139

Green ferns crowd a dark forest floor, and some of their fronds are saturated magenta from the base toward the tip. Every fern has a side that is not discussed.

Magenta shadows among summer ferns

The shade went pink.

Green ferns crowd a dark forest floor, and some of their fronds are saturated magenta from the base toward the tip. Every fern has a side that is not discussed.

Field noteFronds are saturated magenta base to tip, each with a matching shadow; the shade went pink and stayed.

Specimen
No. 1139
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A fern forest in plain light.
Nearest existing relative
bracken on a dark forest floor.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics