Orange Bliss
by Bruce Bley
Title
Orange Bliss
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This macro photograph of an orange and yellow tulip was taken while visiting a friend and her flower garden.
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.
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April 20th, 2015
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Comments (9)
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Stunning photography of the orange tulip......wonderful perspective and your play with light and shadows is perfect as well. Awesome work Bruce! L/F
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Mary Lynn. I sincerely appreciate it. I am glad you enjoyed this work.
Rahdne Zola
Back to show more love and to let you know that "Orange Bliss" is my Pick of the Day in Orange Euphoria. An outstanding capture, Bruce.
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for choosing Orange Bliss as you pick for the day in the group "Orange Euphoria", Rahdne. I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Tulip Macros". Thank you for the honor and your support.
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