Bract
Overlapping petal-scales, layered like a closed bud.
$62
Bract wraps its wall in overlapping petal-scale shingles, each course stepping over the one below like the closed scales of a bud. The shingles are structural — every overlap thickens the wall and throws a soft horizontal shadow, so the surface reads as depth rather than print texture. The deep cylindrical cavity gives a peace lily's thirsty root ball real room, and a recessed drainage hole channels overflow into a low matching saucer that tucks under the base. Run a hand down it and the scales catch your fingertips in even ridges, dry and matte.
- Dimensions
- H 5.5" × Ø 6" · recessed bottom drainage hole · low shingled saucer included
- Plant pairing
- Sized for a peace lily: the deep cavity carries its dense, water-hungry roots, and the layered scales echo the white spathe that rises above them.
- Materials
- Matte PLA, Recycled PETG, Wood-Fill PLA
We took the bract — the modified leaf that sheaths a flower before it opens — and made it the whole vessel. Each scale is angled so the printer lays it as a self-supporting overhang, no supports, no scarring, the overlap doing the structural work a thicker wall otherwise would. The result holds the geometry of a bud around the plant that grows one.