Flip Flap Flowers

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I have two faithful online friends who I got to know on other sites. Some years ago when they heard that I had to go to hospital for an operation they sent me three flip flop flowers to comfort me. Thank you again, B. and F! They come in ball shaped, coloured plastic pots which are about five cm high. The top is flat and black thus giving the illusion of soil. In the middle is a narrow rectangular opening of about 2 cm out of which two green leaves and a green stem with a coloured blossom at the end ‘grow’. Parallel to this opening is another one covered by a translucent piece of plastic. Underneath is the solar cell which gives the flower ‘life’. The advantage of flip flap flowers over real life plants is: they’re completely maintenance free. No water, no earth, no care. They don’t need batteries. The solar cells don’t have to be recharged. A bit of sunshine or artificial light from a lamp are enough to make the leaves move up and down and the stem from side to side. The more light, the more pronounced the movement. A flip flap flower makes no noise and doesn’t pollute the environment with emissions. It’s just nice to have and you can’t help getting into a positive mood looking at the gently swaying leaves and blossom. It can stand anywhere, of course, but good places are a desk or a window sill. You can order flip flap flowers from Amazon, for example. One flower on Amazon USA is $2.98 on the day of writing. These combinations are available: red (with a reddish flower) / orange (with a white flower) / green (with a white flower / blue (with a reddish flower) / pink (with a white flower). But it‘s not possible to order certain colours. They are packed at random. So there‘s always a surprise involved, too.