Road Lily #3
by Bruce Bley
Title
Road Lily #3
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This capture of two orange road daylilies was taken from one of my flower beds here in Gal, 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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Bruce Bley
Robert, I am grateful for the feature in the group "New FAA Uploads Limit one per Day. Thank you so much for your continued support of my work..
Bruce Bley
Robert, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Your Very Best Photography". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations on your amazing photographic art is featured in Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the feature in the group "Camera Art", Pamela. I greatly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Johanna, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Photography and Nature 101. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Canon Full Frame Cameras". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Julie, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers". I sincerely appreciate it.
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive 2.0!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4095414
Bruce Bley replied:
Kelly, I am grateful for the feature in the group "The Earth Is Art". Thank you for the honor and you continued support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Chrisann, I want to thank you again for the feature in the group "Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums Summer Fun". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Dan, I truly appreciate the feature in the group "Premium FAA Artists". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
James, Thank you for the feature in the group "Beauty". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Bruce Bley
Nadine and Bob, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Artist News". I appreciate your support and the honor.
Theresa Campbell
Nice photo and processing! l/f
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Theresa. I sincerely appreciate it.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bruce Bley replied:
John, I truly appreciate the feature in the group "Images That Excite You!" Thank you so much.