Cotton Boll
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Cotton Boll
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.
It is the fibrous flower of the cotton plant.
Photographed in the fields of Caywood Farms which is a fourth-generation, family-operated farming business located near Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
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October 13th, 2017
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Comments (36)
Jolanta Anna Karolska
...this image really took my breath away...what a spectacular capture this is, Teresa...it is a magical cotton ball with its own crown :) how very lovely! f.l.
Virginia Artho
Teresa, my father grew cotton, and as a child, I picked the ends of the rows where the harvester couldn’t reach. As a mother, I covered my winter garden plot with a quilt of cotton hulls. I love seeing the stages of cotton crops in the fields. Thank you for sharing this capture! I can feel the texture in your image. L
Teresa Zieba replied:
This was the first time I ever saw a cotton field with my own eyes. Only in movies. Fascinating to learn how hard it is to grow and process cotton. Thank you kindly.
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