Crystal beads of efflorescence

After all this time... So much work and yet it is not what I was hoping for. But still, this fractal is a pearl.
I have made this fractal completely myself, using apophysis 7X only! (And gimp for the background gradiënt).
It was a pretty though job already creating the flower. Then I also had to put that flower into a crystal ball and spread it out in space.

Anyway it worked.. yay!