A Delight in the Garden
by Bruce Bley
Title
A Delight in the Garden
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"A Delight in the Garden" was taken while strolling through a local greenhouse in Rock Falls, Illinois. I am always looking for flowers to illustrate color, detail, and beautiful lighting.
This is a dahlia, which is one of 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2 inch in diameter or up to 1 foot. (dinner plate). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids, that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons (genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele) which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 12 inches to more than 6-8 feet. The majority of species do not produce scented flowers or cultivars. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue.
I hope you have enjoyed this work and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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May 21st, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September 27, 2018)
Bruce Bley replied:
Jan, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Art for Ever with You". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Julie, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Your Story of Art". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Thank you to the buyer of a fleece blanket from Issaquah, Washington. I hope it brings you many years of enjoyment. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Robert, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Your Very Best Photography". I 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 so much for the feature in the group "Camera Art", Pam. I truly appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Johanna, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers". Thank you for the honor.
Cindy Treger
Bruce, congrats on your feature in Art of the Week in the group Global Flowers Photography. f/l
Jasna Dragun
Congratulations, your fellow artist chose this work as "Pick Of The Week" in the "Global Flowers Photography" !! Check out the group gallery and select another artist!
Bruce Bley
David, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Midwest America Photography". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Pamela, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Art District" I greatly appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Ludwig, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Artist News". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
Bruce Bley replied:
Randy, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery", I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Canon Full Frame Cameras". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Doug, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Dahlias". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Dora, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer". I truly appreciate the honor.
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:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "The Earth Is Art", Kelly. I am grateful for the honor.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You", John. I sincerely appreciate it.
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