Not many would recognize this amazingly beautiful flower. It is in fact the open blooms of the caper, a thorny plant that is goat-proof and grows like a weed given the harsh and arid conditions of the Turkish Aegean region. The caper berry we are familiar in the culinary sense is in fact the ripened bud of this dramatic bloom. These flowers could have been that green bud preserved in brine but instead live on to procreate and sow their bounty of seeds to bare new plants in the most obscure places. Stone walls and rocky outcrops are where you will find the next generation of a caper bush.
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