The Presentation Tulip Flower Art
by Reid Callaway
Title
The Presentation Tulip Flower Art
Artist
Reid Callaway
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Presentation.....by Reid Callaway
Tulip Flower Art
The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennial, bulbous plants in the lily family. It is an herbaceous herb with showy flowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted.
The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation.
A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens or as potted plants.
Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 4 inches (10 cm) and 28 inches (71 cm) high. The tulip's large flowers usually bloom on scapes with leaves in a rosette at ground level and a single flowering stalk arising from amongst the leaves. Tulip stems have few leaves. Larger species tend to have multiple leaves. Plants typically have two to six leaves, some species up to 12. The tulip's leaf is strap-shaped, with a waxy coating, and the leaves are alternately arranged on the stem; these fleshy blades are often bluish green in color. Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, but a few species bear multiple flowers on their scapes (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica). The generally cup or star-shaped tulip flower has three petals and three sepals, which are often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. These six tepals are often marked on the interior surface near the bases with darker colorings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colors, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue).
Tip of a tulip stamen. Note the pollen grains
The flowers have six distinct, basifixed stamens with filaments shorter than the tepals. Each stigma has three distinct lobes, and the ovaries are superior, with three chambers. The tulip's seed is a capsule with a leathery covering and an ellipsoid to globe shape. Each capsule contains numerous flat, disc-shaped seeds in two rows per chamber. These light to dark brown seeds have very thin seed coats and endosperm that does not normally fill the entire seed.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Charlotte for your kind words and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 9/3/2020
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Thank you Lisa Phillips for featuring my image in our FAA group… Thoughts of Flowers! 4/27/2016
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Thank you Dennis Pintoski for featuring my artwork in our group... Photography the Fine Art! 3/26/2016
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Thank you Donna Kennedy for your kind words and for making this image one of your personal Favorites!
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Thank you Shelley Smith for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 3/10/2016
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Thank you John Bailey for featuring my artwork in our group...Images That Excite You! 3/10/2016
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Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Reid Callaway
Thank you Dr. Bob and Nadine Johnston for featuring my artwork in our group.... Artist News! 3/8/2016
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Thanks so much Dora Sofia Caputo for featuring my artwork in our group.... Visions of Spring! 3/8/2016