Devised for Janet Tavener.  
 
With grateful thanks of her generosity and hospitality when we had an unexpected stopover in Nelson, New 
Zealand.  
  
The flower in the dance title refers to the Bird of Paradise flower that Janet has growing in her front garden, 
which  I  admired  greatly  when  we  stayed  with  her.  The  opening  out  in  bars  5-8  is  meant  to  represent  the flowering of the Bird of Paradise flower.