Attempts to resolve the Quandary:
1
Watching the lek of displaying grouse, I was struck by how seldom some of the males were visited by females; because they basically looked the same, I could not help but think they had a special system of determining who the dominant male would be, with kingmaker grouse sending epistolary plantlets to each other expressing their opinions.
(by Elijah Shiffer)
2
My dearest one, you are surely the kingmaker of this realm, sitting at your ornate table, opening and sorting through countless envelopes filled with epistolary protestations of eternal love and affection, and scented with fragrant plantlets or their petals, from the lek of adoring suitors who crowd the audience chamber.
(by wordgirl)