Pink Tulip Macro
by Bruce Bley
Title
Pink Tulip Macro
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This macro photograph of a pastel pink tulip was taken from one of my friends flower beds this past spring.
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.
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. These light to dark brown seeds have very thin seed coats and endosperm that does not normally fill the entire seed.
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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November 12th, 2018
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Comments (39)
Bruce Bley
David, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Midwest America Photography". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Malanda Warner
Wonderful format and detail! LF
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Malanda. I sincerely appreciate it.
Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Love the dramatic perspective and petal texture, exceptional Bruce! L
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