Dancing in the Breeze
by Bruce Bley
Title
Dancing in the Breeze
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph of a Siberian Irises was taken from one of the flowers in my flower bed last spring.
Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3�10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
The inflorescences are fan-shaped and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flowers. These grow on a pedicel or lack a footstalk. The three sepals, which are spreading or droop downwards, are referred to as "falls". They expand from their narrow base, which in some of the rhizomatous irises has a "beard" (a tuft of short upright extensions growing in its midline), into a broader expanded portion ("limb"), often adorned with veining, lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. They are called "standards". Some smaller iris species have all six lobes pointing straight outwards, but generally limb and standards differ markedly in appearance. They are united at their base into a floral tube that lies above the ovary (known as an epigynous or inferior ovary). The styles divide towards the apex into petaloid branches; this is significant in pollination.
I hope you have enjoyed this photograph and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage in the various galleries I have created. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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March 17th, 2014
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Comments (20)
Bruce Bley
Thank you to the buyer from Riverton, UT for their recent purchase. I hope it brings you many years of enjoyment.
ARTography by Pamela Smale Williams
Nice Bruce, congratulations! Vibrant Iris panoramic floral. V/Pamela
Bruce Bley
Chrisann, Thank you again for the feature in the group "Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums SUBJECT Your Favorite". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Thank you for the feature in the group "Seasons of Beauty", Shawn. I really appreciate it.
Susan McMenamin
Bold and Beautiful!!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind words, Susan. I sincerely appreciate it and happy spring'
Bruce Bley
Dora, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Visions Of Spring". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Pamela, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "ABC Group -Z- Images With Z In The Title". Thank you so much.