Huernia namaquensis coronas

The very organic corona of Huernia namaquensis presents more of its fascinating anatomy (or temple architecture?) at the close quarters seen here.

The dark purple outer corona looks like a kind of podium or trophy stand for the gold cup of the inner corona. Its five pairs of spreading, purple and round-toed feet with hairy legs are positioned firmly on the corolla floor.

Their upper columnar parts morph into the paler purple bases (necks?) of the inner corona lobes that bulge into something like yellow crania behind the ascending, tapering snouts of their lobe tips. All together in a symmetric huddle, they intimately join raised hands in the centre like a conspiring sports team ready for action.

The aspiring fly that comes sniffing around will surely reach both its burden for transportation and its reward of nourishment from the mysterious inner sanctum of staminal column, pollinia and what not, through the neatly designed openings between these lobes.

Places of worship are sometimes much smaller than one thinks. And religions survive better by serving worshipper needs, as all marketers should know (Williamson, 2010; White and Sloane, 1937).