Explosion of color #2
by Bruce Bley
Title
Explosion of color #2
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I visited a green house in Seattle, Washing one morning and came across this beautiful Gerbera Daisy. The colors were eye catching and drew me into to see the detail in the middle of the flower.
Gerbera 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.
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 center 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. Their soil should be kept moist but not soaked.
I hope you have enjoyed this photograph. 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 24th, 2018
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Comments (18)
Bob Christopher
Hi Bruce... I like your image. An explosion of colours for certain. Beautifully executed... Cheers Bob fv
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Bob. I am glad you enjoyed this work.
Bruce Bley
Robin, Thank you for the feature in the group "The World We See". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Colin, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Just Flowers". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Marsha Heiken
Bruce,This is a wonderful photographed gerbera daisy. It is beautifully done,Love it! Thanks for support. Marsha F/L
Bruce Bley
Patricia, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Art Submissions To Pka". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Jenn, Thank you so much for the feature in the group Bath and Spa Print. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Julie, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers". I truly appreciate it.