Beauty Within #3
by Bruce Bley
Title
Beauty Within #3
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I recently took this photograph while visiting a local greenhouse in a tempt to find unique flowers that I could put in my flower beds this year. I came across this unusual Gerber Daisy. I loved the colors of the petals with the green fading into the pink, and the center of the daisy was a real I catcher.
Gerbera (pron.: /ˈdʒɜrbərə/ or /ˈĻĀɜrbərə/) L. is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honour of the German botanist and naturalist Traugott Gerber ( 1743) who travelled extensively in Russia and was a friend of Carolus Linnaeus.[1]
It has approximately 30 species in the wild, extending to South America, Africa and tropical Asia. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton Daisy. Gerbera is also commonly known as the African Daisy.
Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum. The flower heads can be as small as 7 cm (Gerbera mini 'Harley') in diameter or up to 12 cm (Gerbera Golden Serena).
Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.
Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation. Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer.[2]
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Comments (31)
Connie Handscomb
The shape of these petals is intriguing,Bruce .. they look like little sugar spoons; a sweet bloom with lovely detail, composition :))
Bruce Bley
Jean, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Greeting Cards For All Occasions". Thank you so much for your support.
Bruce Bley
Christy, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "The Beauty in Nature". I appreciate the honor.
Randy Rosenberger
Love the beauty of this piece and the quality and care that went into its composition! It is my pleasure to PROMOTE this piece of beauty on our FEATURED ARTWORK section of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. Thanks for sharing! Liked & faved Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group)
Bruce Bley replied:
Randy, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Bruce Bley
For The Love Of Art, I truly appreciate the feature in the group "For The Love Of Art Gallery. Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Marilyn, Thank you for the feature in the group "Dear Daisies". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Rory Sagner
An awesome capture/composition of my absolute favorite flower...and in my favorite color too! I grow these every year along with ultra violet blue lobelia. Beautiful detail. v/f
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious compliment, Rory. The Gerber Daisy are one of my favorite flowers also. I want to thank you also for your vote.
Bruce Bley
Thank you again for the feature in the group "Sweet Blossoms", Marilyn. I appreciate the work you do promoting our artwork in this group.
Bruce Bley
Shirley, Thank you for the feature in the group "Colorful Macro Floral Images". I am very grateful for the honor.
Bruce Bley
I truly appreciate the feature in the group "Textures and minimal close ups:, Lorainek, Photographs.
Chris Berry
Excellent find Bruce, I love where you capture some of these shots and I recently did the same and thought of you, thanks for the idea. I f/v for this one...the details are so cool. Love your perspective.
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the compliment and vote, Chris. I am so glad I could give you a new place to take your photograph. I find that I can get some unique shots of flowers that I would not normally see.
Bruce Bley
Eva, I want to thank you for featuring "Beauty Within", in our group. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Thank you again for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers", Gynt. It is much appreciated.
Bruce Bley
Darren, Thank you for the feature in the group "3 A Day Waiting Room ART". I truly appreciate it.
Debbie Portwood
What a fantastic full frame crop! Amazing details and I really love the colors here!! v.f
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for visiting and for the wonderful compliment, Debbie. I am glad you enjoyed this photograph and thank you for the vote.