{"id":240,"date":"2015-10-21T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2015-10-17T01:20:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T01:20:25","slug":"the-fleeting-kurinji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/the-fleeting-kurinji\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fleeting Kurinji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Poem\u00a0by Rebecca Harrington<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Edited by Lydia Chain<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">One petal crept open, and a million joined it,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">on the slopes of the Nilgiris \u2014 the \u201cblue mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">These peaks are named for the blue-blossomed Kurinji,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">India\u2019s most meticulous flowering plant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For 12 years each lies dormant, bare. Then, like clockwork,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">their blooms erupt. For one spring, a floral carpet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The Muthuras tribes used it to mark the years passed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">How many Kuriniji flowerings old are you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Kurinji only grow above 6,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Living in the Sholas grassland among the clouds,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">leopards, tigers and elephants roam within their<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">branches, keeping them company through the long rest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The Kurinjimala Sanctuary tries to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">defend its 12-square-mile swath of land from harm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">But illegal farms still abound and cattle graze;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">growing food trumps protecting the fragile flower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Tracking each day until a dozen years have passed,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Kurinji blossoms survive through strength in numbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">So many flowers bud at once they overwhelm \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">no animal could ever eat this many seeds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Yet the past flow\u2019ring may have been the very last.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Habitat destruction could mean no more blue blooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">No more years to count, no more seeds to save, no more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Kurinji flowering simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/mauna-kea-cartoon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-839\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/mauna-kea-cartoon1-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"mauna-kea-cartoon\" width=\"610\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/mauna-kea-cartoon1-1024x803.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/dormancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/mauna-kea-cartoon1-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;line-height: 1.8\"><em>&#8212;<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;line-height: 1.8\">Featured\u00a0photo\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;line-height: 1.8\" href=\"http:\/\/eravikulam.org\/eco-tourism-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eravikulam.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem\u00a0by Rebecca Harrington Edited by Lydia Chain &#8212; One petal crept open, and a million joined it, on the slopes of the Nilgiris \u2014 the \u201cblue mountains.\u201d These peaks are named for the blue-blossomed Kurinji, India\u2019s most meticulous flowering plant. &nbsp; For 12 years each lies dormant, bare. Then, like clockwork, their blooms erupt. 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