Red Dahlia Blossom
by Bruce Bley
Title
Red Dahlia Blossom
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Red Dahlia Blossom" was taken while visiting 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 15th, 2018
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Comments (22)
Bruce Bley
I am happy you enjoyed this photograph, Kevin. Thank you for visiting and your gracious comment.
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
What a stunning and beautiful close up capture of this amazing dahlia Bruce!! wonderful colours, textures and details. i really enjoy very much!! L/F/FB
Marsha Heiken
Bruce,this is a fantastic photo of a Dahlia Blossom. You have a great eye for perfect flowers. Friend,Marsha FL
Bruce Bley
Johanna, Thank you for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers". I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for your continued support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Doug, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Dahlias". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
John, Thank you for the feature in the group Images "That Excite You". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Maria, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Exquisite Florals". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Dora, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer". Thank you for the honor.
Johanna Hurmerinta
Cannot get much better than this! Splendid and gorgeous! LF
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Johanna. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Kim, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Floral Photography and Art". I truly appreciate it.
Randy Rosenberger
Your excellence in your submission of this work is worthy of special recognition, and I am seeing to it, that this happens in the WFS group. I am so happy to have you as an active member of our family of friends and fine artists, who support one another by comments, likes, faves, sharing, etc. Thanks for all your efforts to make our group so special by having a fine artist like yourself among many other fine artists that make our group so special.
Bruce Bley replied:
Randy thank you so much for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
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