Florensis Vafianatos

From the notes of Historical Herbologist, Chaim Yaar:

“Florensis Vafianatos is known to have flesh colored petals that droop down when in bloom. The center stamen is phallic like and protrudes from the peeling petals. Found primarily in grassy fields where a body of a species has been buried purposefully or over time. It is thought that the plant prefers the nutrient rich soil that results from decomposition.” - An encyclopedia of visible flora, Vol. 2

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It would appear through my research that Florensis Vafianatos did in fact grow in areas where decomposing bodies were later found. It was at one point nicknamed the Memorial Flower. It apparently also aided law enforcement of pre confinement with cases of missing persons or suspected murders. While the descriptions of the flower paint a picture of a rather unappealing visage, it nonetheless seems to have been a positive omen tied to their funerary rituals and customs. There seems to be some discrepancies as to the actual size of the flower, some sources describing it as a more moderate height and length, some sources describe it as being of a gigantic size. Perhaps the most credible source describes the flower as being roughly the size of a skull. Regardless of its size, it would appear that either it did not hold as great of importance to funerary rituals as the sources state or, the more likely option, that all attempts to clone and reproduce the flower artificially in labs was uncessful. As far as records state it is unknown how the flower reproduces, so either the information was deemed proprietary during laboratory experiments or it truly does remain a mystery, now of the past. It could originally be found in the central plateaus, which would be the very region where Magėžlys exists today. -End Entry-