Bright Iris
by Robert Bales
Title
Bright Iris
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
While walking through the iris bed after a little rain I found this beautiful purple iris in the morning sun!
This beautiful purple iris would look great on your wall!!
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 to 10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
The iris flower is of interest as an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing for nectar, will first come into contact with the perianth, then with the stigmatic stamens in one whorled surface which is borne on an ovary formed of three carpels. The shelf-like transverse projection on the inner whorled underside of the stamens is beneath the overarching style arm below the stigma, so that the insect comes in contact with its pollen-covered surface only after passing the stigma; in backing out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower will, in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma; in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower.
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June 29th, 2018
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Kathy M Krause
Robert, I love this gorgeous purple iris! I can't stop looking at the beautiful lines and details to this beauty! Love the composition, colors and the awesome bokehs in the background! Sensational capture! L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Kathy for the outstanding comments and I am so glad you enjoyed the iris!! Thanks for the LF!!