Victorian Flower Oracle: Flower Market

A lady sets under an umbrella showing her prized flowers. One is beside her and this one must be the most exquiste one of all.
One plant isn't protected at the roots, she must be an older plant that once held the exquisite position.
The others don't understand why she is the most desired.
Or is she considered the most desired to the other flowers? Maybe this is a forced market by human hand?

She is bound to a pole & her hands are tied. She can't show herself in her true light. Maybe she wanted to stay free & not be there?
The other plants have a horrid look on their faces. Is being the most desired, by humans, meaning they must submit to being showcased in horror, or least to them they feel that this beauty pageant is to a horrible end?

Bound & sad, it's not worth the humiliation they must endure. The sadness, the hopelessness. They cannot see they just might have a future with someone who will give them their freedom back.
Maybe they will have it back. Taken from their families to be sold off to others who aren't part of their true nature.

Competition isn't always worth the winnings. We lose our dignity if we don't remain true to whom and what we are. Losing all we had & forced to only be a pretty face.


Barbara

Sometimes I see this as a dog and pony show, those who conform and excel at the standard are recognised. Those not up to form are pushed to the rear, they can't compete.
It also makes me think about times when appearances count, such as job interviews, first dates, public appearances.

In our gardens, we always want the prettiest, healthiest plants. However, not everyone thinks to check the roots. You can tell some things from the leaves (the appearance) but the roots tell the true story. So perhaps this is advice to look underneath the surface pretty to see what is truly there. Do the roots support the pretty?