Reaching Out
by Bruce Bley
Title
Reaching Out
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This capture of an orange daylily was taken from one of my flower gardens here in Galt, Illinois.
Daylily is the common name for plants of the genus Hemerocallis Daylily cultivar flowers are highly diverse in color and form, as a result of hybridization efforts of gardening enthusiasts and professional horticulturalists.
Daylilies are perennial plants, whose name alludes to the flowers which typically last no more than 24 hours. The flowers of most species open in early morning and wither during the following night, possibly replaced by another one on the same scape (flower stalk) the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days.
Most kinds of daylilies occur as clumps, each of which has leaves, a crown, flowers, and roots. The long, linear lanceolate leaves are grouped into opposite fans with arching leaves. The crown is the small white portion between the leaves and the roots. Along the scape of some kinds of daylilies, small leafy "proliferations" form at nodes or in bracts. A proliferation forms roots when planted and is often an exact clone of its parent plant. Many kinds of daylilies have thickened roots in which they store food and water.
A normal, single daylily flower has three petals and three sepals, collectively called tepals, each with a midrib in either the same or a contrasting color. The centermost part of the flower, called the throat, usually is of a different color than the more distal areas of the tepals. Each flower usually has six stamens, each with a two-lobed anther. After successful pollination, a flower forms a capsule (often erroneously called a pod).
I hope you have enjoyed this photograph and will share it with others. You can see more of my work in the various galleries on my homepage. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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September 26th, 2015
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Comments (14)
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in the World We See Group:-)
Bruce Bley replied:
Robyn. I truly appreciate the feature in the group "The World We See". Thank you so much for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Dan, Thank you for the feature in the group "Premium FAA Artists". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Janis Knight
how pretty! happy to feature on ITS A SMALL WORLD!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind comment and feature in the group "ITS A SMALL WORLD", Janis. I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Beverly Canterbury
Amazing image and details! L/F
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Beverly. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Lilies - Lotuses". Thank you for the honor.
Deb Halloran
Bruce, This is such a beautiful macro shot...fantastic colors and light. Nicely done. v/f
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bruce Bley replied:
John, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Randy Rosenberger
It is with great pride and pleasure that I am FEATURING your artwork this week on our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Homepage. Your work shows expertise and love in the presentation of this fine art piece. Thanks much for sharing your works with us and being a member of our family of friends and fine artists in our WFS group. Liked & Faved Randy B. Rosenberger Administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery", Randy. I truly appreciate the honor and your continued support of my work.
Lisa Phillips
Congratulations, your beautiful work has been featured in the FAA group "Thoughts of Flowers". http://fineartamerica.com/groups/thoughts-of-flowers.html
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Thoughts of Flowers", Lisa. I sincerely appreciate the honor and your support.