High altar overwhelmed by flowers

I posted earlier some photos on the Flower Festival held in the Belgian National Basilica of the Sacred Heart. However, I missed this photo out which demonstrates the enormous respect of the Basilica's authorities for altars where Christ is truly made present in the Mass (note my sarcasm). This is the High Altar of the Basilica during the flower festival. As an aside it is regretable that the modern practice is to place flowers on altars during Mass. The old teaching was that Christ's presence could not be shared on the altar with anything that was perishable.