Figs in Hand 手中的无花果

Figs (Ficus carica) represent female fertility, self-realization, and sacrifice. Their sweet fruit, full of pink and white flesh, is difficult to divorce from the vulva. Yet, 2,500 years ago, the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment under a fig tree (Ficus religiosa). The most striking aspect of this plant, though, is its relationship with the fig wasp. The female wasp enters the fig fruit, covered in pollen, and pollinates it, sometimes biting off its own limbs to do so. There, it lays eggs inside the fruit which hatch and feed off the seeds. The mother dies there, while the female larvae tunnel out of the fig to follow in their mother’s footsteps somewhere else.

无花果（Ficus carica）代表女性的生育能力、自我实现和牺牲。它们甜美的果实，充满粉红色和白色的果肉，很难与外阴分辨。 然而，2500 年前，佛陀悉达多·乔达摩 (Siddhartha Gautama) 在无花果树 (Ficus religiosa) 下获得了启蒙。 然而，这种植物最引人注目的方面是它与无花果黄蜂的关系。 雌性黄蜂进入覆盖着花粉的无花果果实并为其授粉，有时会咬掉自己的四肢来完成授粉。 在那里，它在果实内产卵，卵孵化并以种子为食。 母亲死在那里，而雌性幼虫则从无花果中挖出隧道，追随母亲的脚步前往其他地方。