Tulip Macro
by Bruce Bley
Title
Tulip Macro
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This macro photograph of a orange and yellow tulip was taken from one of my fiends 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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January 12th, 2018
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Comments (21)
Bruce Bley
Robert, I am grateful for the feature in the group "New Faa Uploads Limit One Per Day". Thank you for the honor.
HH Photography of Florida
What beautiful detail in this macro, Bruce. Lovely light and color. l/tw/g-
Marvin Spates
Wow Bruce I don't know if I've already commented on this one or not but this is eye catching! Very beautiful work! LF
Bruce Bley
Jenn, Thank you for the feature in the group "Bath and Spa Prints. I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Rebecca, Thank you again for the feature in the group "Pin Me - Daily". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Rebecca, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Pin Me - Daily". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Dora, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Barbara, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Art For Close Ups And Macro Happy And Friendly". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Bruce Bley
Romuald, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Arts Fantastic World". I appreciate the honor and your support.
Bruce Bley
Randy, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery". I truly appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Kim, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Floral Photography and Art". Thank you so much.
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.
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