A Garden Wonder
by Bruce Bley
Title
A Garden Wonder
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"A Garden Wonder" 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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June 4th, 2018
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Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Such a striking and gorgeous capture of this glorious dahlia Bruce!! i enjoy the muted colours and light in this fabulous image!! L/F/FB
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning 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 “2019 June: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (June 18, 2019)
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Art for Ever with You", Jan. I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Than you to the buyer of a metal print of "A Garden Wonder". I hope it gives you many years of enjoyment. I sincerely appreciate it.
Kathleen K Parker
"She" is a delicate wonder, Bruce! What a lovely flower portrait! :) kk
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Kathleen. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Johanna, I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers Group". Thank you so much.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a 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". Pam. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Johanna, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Imagination=Artistry-Creativity". I sincerely appreciate it.
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