I would love a piece of fabric with that design in it. Wghat a gorgeous gown that would be. The colors remind me of some of the Mexican bowls in some of the puzzles.
Yes, reading your comment I can see how the orange and yellow "stripes" look like the stems around it - and even the stripes on the tail are to look like the stems, it seems! The main body color is like the leaf to the left of it.