Blue Iris
by Robert Bales
Title
Blue Iris
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
A blue iris against a black background.
Iris is a genus of 260�300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species, though some plants called thus belong to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower.
Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3�10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
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May 16th, 2012
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Antonis Meintanis 26 Days Ago
Wonderful fantastic colors,light and details in black background !! 👍 👌Best Wishes !👌fav👌
Robyn King
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Robyn King
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Gary F Richards
Spectacular Blue Iris composition, lighting, shading, lovely colors and artwork! F/L voted
Marvin Blaine
Wow! Love how the light shines through this Beauty Robert! L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Marvin fo the wonderful comment, and the early sun sure helped with this one!! Thanks for the LF!!
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