Are those walking candles?

'Theunisbloemen' 2023 - Oil on canvas - 70x50cm

Onagra flowers - Oenothéra biennis - may look dull and faden during the day,
but at night they liven up and become luminous.

And yes, Sharp Eye, there are also candles crawling about,
a gimmick by Leila Hanim, (from Louis de Bernières 'Birds Without Wings') in her tantalizing conquest of the masters' heart.