More than a decade ago, she migrated to the city along with my parents to the teeming city. Dexterous pruning and proper care by baba resulted in an artistic moulding of the thick stems and made the plant look exactly like a hopeful human with arms widely spread towards the sky.
In the hands of a wannabe gardener yet to be confident of herself about handling plants, a decade later that form is gone. Now she looks like any other Adenium, and doesn’t bloom as much as before. I have no sure answer for the second issue — may be she has grown very old, maybe she is too tired...may be she is just bored? Do plants get bored like humans?
I love to imagine, when the night sets in and a cool breeze blows, she shares her experiences with the tender ones under the starry sky.