Even in the tropics some of the best beauty can found in the small and the inconspicuous. These purple flowers bloom for only a day at time, traveling upward on long flower spikes. The plant is commonly known as porterweed for the foamy medicinal tea created from its leaves. In Trinidad and Tobago it is called purple vervine, and is never seen without hummingbird and butterfly visitors. This delicate brown creature is a longtailed skipper, and is actually a butterfly, not a moth. The simple barred pattern and subtle shift of colors within the browns create their own shimmering, modest beauty. The sculpture is created at over twice life size.