Valentine Gerbera Macro
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Valentine Gerbera Macro
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Gerbera L. is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
It has approximately 30 species in the wild, extending to South America, Africa and tropical Asia. 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.
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February 16th, 2013
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Randy Rosenberger
A very fine piece of beautiful artwork, so very deserving of the FEATURE on our homepage! I just love all of your fine pieces of artwork, and am proud to promote your works, by featuring them in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. An honor to have your talents and your awesome artworks amongst the best of the best! Thanks so very much for sharing this beauty with us! F/V Forever, Elvis