Missed Blossoms: The Flowers that Failed to Bloom
By Jade Louisse Bartolome
July 30, 2025
2-min read
Copyread by Tyra Lucero
Missed Blossoms: The Flowers that Failed to Bloom
By Jade Louisse Bartolome
July 30, 2025
2-min read
Copyread by Tyra Lucero
Months ago, a group of dedicated farmers from Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan, and Manila nurtured their thriving gardens with great care and affection. Each farmer nurtured a unique variety of flowers that captured their heart, pouring their passion into cultivating these beauties. The farmers ensured the vast array of flowers received several nutrients. They loved and adored these flowers, even if some had imperfections. Although not that visible, the flowers they considered one of a kind have dark spots that can be seen closely.
One sunny day, these farmers noticed something weird in their garden. This odd scenario created confusion inside their mind, and they tried to wait 24 hours to observe what was happening to them. After a day of trying to understand this scenario, they decided to report on trustworthy horticulturists — a knowledgeable person who had almost mastered growing a plant and managing a garden in their area. The next morning, the different horticulturists from Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan, and Manila confirmed that the farmers' flowers were missing. And so, the investigations begun. At first, these different specialists typically examined the farmers' problems. However, the different horticulturists noticed that many uncanny scenarios were piling up, causing them to wonder why these flowers were missing.
Strangely, by questioning the gardeners, the team of horticulturists observed that the missing flowers have one similarity: all of them have dark spots.
After uncovering these intriguing similarities, the team of experts deemed this unusual phenomenon "Missed Blossoms." After months of tirelessly searching, they found themselves at a standstill, hindered by a frustrating scarcity of vital information. At this point, at least 34 kinds of flowers have black patterns that have gone missing.
Time goes by, and the gardeners can't stop thinking about their nurtured and beloved flowers; they hope their flowers will grow again, even if it’s no longer possible. As days passed by, the crack within their hearts started to grow, shattering their hope of finding or growing this one-of-a-kind flower again.
Years passed until one fateful day when a mysterious figure emerged, claiming to hold the key surrounding the vanished flowers. He said that there was once a sunny day when a young florist who owned plenty of flower shops got annoyed with these black-spotted flowers. The young man thought that it made the order of flowers unpresentable. In a hasty decision driven by annoyance, he commanded his staff to discard the unique flowers.
The mysterious man claimed to have worked for this young florist before, and now, motivated by a desire for justice, he sought to bring the truth to light. The man said he even saw a video of other people picking up and playing with these unique flowers and throwing them into pure water; sadly, the video was deleted so that the mysterious man couldn't show it to the horticulturists. Adding another layer of intrigue, the ghostly figure mentioned an appealing girl who frequently accompanied the young florist, a key player in the Missed Blossom case.
However, the allegations of the mysterious man has not yet been proven. The horticulturist hopes to discover the truth in the case of Missed Blossoms, hoping to do justice for the gardeners who lost their precious flowers.