10038 Purple Gerbera

by Colin Hunt

Title

10038 Purple Gerbera

Artist

Colin Hunt

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

Photograph of a purple/pink Gerbera flower.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Gerbera is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (daisy family). It was named in honour of German botanist and medical doctor Traugott Gerber (1710-1743) who travelled extensively in Russia and was a friend of Carl Linnaeus.

Gerbera is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton Daisy. Gerbera is also commonly known as the African Daisy.

Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum. The flower heads can be as small as 7 cm (Gerbera mini 'Harley') in diameter or up to 12 cm (Gerbera 'Golden Serena').

Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.

Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation.

Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer. Their soil should be kept moist but not soaked.


This artwork has been featured within the following groups:

Macro Marvels (16th November 2015)

Round Circle Photography or Paints (16th November 2015)

Office Art Decor (6th December 2015)

The 200 Club - photos with over 200 views up to 500 (11th December 2015)

Flora (10th March 2016)

Macro Photography Group (10th March 2016)

Flower Mania (10th March 2016)

Gerbera Daisies (11th March 2016)

Floral Throw Pillows (14th March 2016)

500 Views Share Group (5th July 2016)

The SPACE Between (6th July 2016)

Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery (6th July 2016)

This Way Arts (6th July 2016)

Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer (7th July 2016)

Arts Fantastic World (7th July 2016)

10 Plus (11th July 2016)

ART - It Is Good For You (11th July 2016)

500 Views -1 Image a Day (19th July 2016)

First Friday Gallery Group 1x Day (20th July 2016)

The World We See Group (7th September 2016)

Images That Excite You (7th September 2016)

Greeting Cards For All Occasions (7th September 2016)

1000 Views On 1 Image (9th September 2016)

Flower Art 3 A Day (31st January 2017)

Pictures for Present (1st February 2017)

Beautiful Flowers Group (3rd February 2017)

Global Flowers Photography (23rd February 2017)

Cards And Small Posters - Large Posters And All Size Prints - Inspirational And Original Works (8th March 2017)

Flowerly Love-100 (14th March 2017)

Your Very Best Photography (3rd September 2017)

Orange -yellow- Red Photos And Paints (19th September 2017)

Pin Me - Daily (26th December 2017)

500 And Beyond Fine Art Group (6th January 2018)

Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination (11th January 2018)

Imagination-Artistry-Creativity (28th January 2018)

Over 2000 Views (30th July 2018)

Camera Art (16th August 2018)



I would like to thank the administrators of these FAA specialty groups for featuring this image in their group home pages. It is a real honour for me, to have one of my artworks recognised by so many.

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June 30th, 2014

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