Cloud-Light Plaid

Blue Plaid Security Envelope Pattern from the S.E.C.R.E.T. Archive

KINGDOM: Stationery (stationeria)

PHYLUM: Envelope (envelopia)

CLASS: Security (obscurifera)

ORDER: Abstract (abstracta)

FAMILY: Woven (texturata)

GENUS: Plaid (quadrilinae)

SPECIES: Blue (BLU)

NUMBER: 001

CONTRIBUTOR: Joseph King (Submitted by Sharilyn Wright)

COMMON NAME: Cloud-Light Plaid

LATIN NAME: Plaid nubililucida

CODE NAME: ABS_WOV_PLD_BLU_001_JK.jpg

SOURCE: Joseph King – Flickr

FIELD NOTES:

First documented nestled within the inner folds of a Pacific Northwest billing envelope, Plaid nubililucida is a delicate, vaporous specimen notable for its sky-blue threads adrift on a pale, nearly translucent substrate. The species derives its name from the Latin nubilus (cloudy) and lucida (bright), aptly describing the ethereal balance of structure and softness that defines its form.

This species favors open paper habitats with ample airflow and minimal ink interference. Though structurally plaid, it lacks the rigidity of tartan kin and is often mistaken for fabrications of the imagination when glimpsed under direct sunlight. Its visual presence evokes a midsummer sky just before the return of the invoice cycle.

This particular specimen was collected by Obscurationist Sharilyn, whose patient eye and steady hand preserved the form before it could evaporate into bureaucratic obscurity.

Notable Traits:

  • Only detectable in natural light or while daydreaming

  • Frequently mistaken for vintage stationery or the lining of a good summer thought

  • Known to cause brief moments of financial nostalgia in long-distance sorters