A Touch of Elegance #3
by Bruce Bley
Title
A Touch of Elegance #3
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This macro photograph of a white tulip was taken while visiting the RoozeenGaarde, Tulip Farm in Mount Vernon, Washington. The garden is redesigned and replanted each fall with over 1/4 million bulbs and over 150 different flower varieties. The RoozeenGaarde was established in 1985 (which means "roses" in Dutch). The Roozeen family and Washington Bulb Company. Inc. The Roozengren family business of growing Tulips, Daffodils, and Irises is the largest in the world, covering Skagit Valley with more than 1000 acres of field blooms and 15 acres of greenhouses.
Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants are between 4 inches (10 cm) and 28 inches (71 cm) high. The tulip's large flowers usually bloom on scapes with leaves in a rosette at ground level and a single flowering stalk arising from amongst the leaves. Tulip stems have few leaves. Larger species tend to have multiple leaves. Plants typically have two to six leaves, some species up to 12. The tulip's leaf is strap-shaped, with a waxy coating, and the leaves are alternately arranged on the stem; these fleshy blades are often bluish green in color. Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, but a few species bear multiple flowers on their scapes (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica). The generally cup or star-shaped tulip flower has three petals and three sepals, which are often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. These six tepals are often marked on the interior surface near the bases with darker colorings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colors, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue).
The flowers have six distinct, basifixed stamens with filaments shorter than the tepals. Each stigma has three distinct lobes, and the ovaries are superior, with three chambers. The tulip's seed is a capsule with a leathery covering and an ellipsoid to globe shape. Each capsule contains numerous flat, disc-shaped seeds in two rows per chamber.[6] These light to dark brown seeds have very thin seed coats and endosperm that does not normally fill the entire seed.
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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Comments (45)
Bruce Bley
Jijo, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Amazing colors of nature". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Jenn, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Bath and Spa Prints". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Darren, I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Flower Art 3 A Day". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Bruce Bley
Kim, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Floral". I appreciate it and thank you for your support.
Bruce Bley
Jeff, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Pleasing The Eye". I sincerely appreciate it.
Jilian Cramb - AMothersFineArt
Congratulations your work is featured on the homepage of the Pixels/FAA Group Beauty in Art! 1/14/17 - Please share your Feature in our Feature's Discussion thread!
Bruce Bley replied:
Jilian, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Beauty in Art". I appreciate the honor.
Michael Mirijan
Congratulations, your art work is featured on the homepage of "PICTURES FOR PRESENT" group!
Bruce Bley replied:
Michael, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "PICTURES FOR PRESENT". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Kimberlee Baxter
So beautiful and elegant, Bruce! This deserves top placement in the Tulips Contest! Fave! L/F/FB!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment. I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for the promotions.
Jacqueline Athmann
Surprise & Congratulations!! Your photo has been featured on The Art Shoppe Cafe group homepage! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us! F/L
Bruce Bley replied:
Jacqueline, Thank you again for the feature in the group "The Art Shoppe Café and thank you for your support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Thank you for the feature in the group "Wonders of Nature", Shawn. I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Magnificent macro capture, Briuce!!! Wonderful composition! Congratulations on your WFS feature! L/F
Bruce Bley
Nadine and Bob, Thank you for the feature in the group "Artist News". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Kerri, Thank you for the Special Feature in the group "Botanical Beauty". I am very grateful for the honor.
Phyllis Denton
So clean and sharp, Bruce-----voted!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Phyllis. I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for the vote.
Nava Jo Thompson
Bruce---congratulations on your WFS feature----very pretty capture----lvf
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind words, Kay. I truly appreciate it and thank you for the lv.