Orange Delight #4
by Bruce Bley
Title
Orange Delight #4
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I have a fascination with detail and lighting when I photograph flowers I like to capture some of the most intricate detail of flowers. Often times we are not aware of the little things that make up an object or in this case a 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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Comments (33)
Rahdne Zola
Bruce, another gem of yours has been pinned to the Orange Euphoria board on Pinterest. Thank you for your participation in the group!
Bruce Bley
First Star Art, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Loving the Color Orange". I sincerely appreciate it.
Chrisann Ellis
Bruce, Stunning work!!.. Your Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun For All Mediums...Congrats!!!
Bruce Bley replied:
Chrisann, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Weekly Fun For All Mediums". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Frozen in Time Fine Art Photography, thank you for the feature in the group "New FAA uploads limit one per day". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "New FAA uploads limit one per day", Frozen in time Fine Art Photography.
Bruce Bley
Darren, Thank you for the feature in the group "Flower Art 2 A Day". I sincerely appreciate it.
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group:-)
Bruce Bley replied:
Robyn, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "The World We See". I am grateful for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Jeff, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Pleasing The Eye". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
David, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Midwest America Photography". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Nader, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Exploration Photography". Thank you so much
Marsha Heiken
Bruce,Congrats on all your great work,including This Magnificent Macro of Gerber. It,s always nice to learn about flowers. Friend,Marsha FV
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind comment, Marsha. I am glad you enjoyed this work and the information.
Jilian Cramb - AMothersFineArt
Congratulations your work is featured on the homepage of the Pixels/FAA Group Beauty in Art! 2/18/17 - Please share your Feature in our Feature's Discussion thread
Bruce Bley replied:
Jilian, Thank you for the feature in the group "Beauty in Art". I appreciate the honor.
Deborah A Andreas
This is a delight for sure! Love the way the flower is off-center. You are right, we don't always notice the little details. Until an awesome macro shot reveals them to us! L/F ; )
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Deborah. I sincerely appreciate it.