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Dahlia
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Copyright: oana oana (chendis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 199 N: 764] (5347)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-01
Categories: Nature, Macro
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/40 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-06 0:28
Viewed: 163
Points: 32
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Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremony, as well as decorative purposes,[1] and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.

F. Hernández visited Mexico in 1615 and noticed two spectacular varieties of dahlias, which he mentioned in his account of medicinal plants of New Spain, not published until 1651.[2] The French botanist Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, sent to Mexico to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye, noted the strangely beautiful flowers he had seen in his official report, published in 1787.[3] Seeds sent from the botanical garden of Mexico City[4] to Madrid flowered for the first time in the botanical garden in October 1789, and were named Dahlia coccinea by Antonio José Cavanilles, the head of the Madrid Botanical Garden, in his Icones plantarum, 1791. A few seeds were secured by Lord Bute and sent to England, where they flowered but were lost. The introduction of the dahlia to the florists of the Netherlands was effected about the same time, when a box of dahlia roots was sent from Mexico to the Netherlands. Only one plant survived the trip, but produced spectacular red flowers with pointed petals. Nurserymen in Europe crossbred from this plant, which was named Dahlia juarezii, with parents of dahlias discovered earlier and these are the progenitors of all modern dahlia hybrids. The Jardin des plantes in Paris received dahlias in 1802, again from Madrid.[5] A second species, D. variabilis, was at last successfully grown in 1804 by the gardener at Holland House, Kensington, of Lady Holland, who sent the seeds from Madrid. An early breeder of dahlias was comte Léon-Charles LeLieur de Ville-sur-Arce, intendant of the château de Saint-Cloud, its glasshouses and gardens, who had four varieties to work with,[6] and by 1806 had produced three double-flowered dahlias. Since 1813, commercial plant breeders have been breeding dahlias to produce thousands of cultivars, usually chosen for their stunning and brightly coloured waxy flowers. Dahlia plants range in height from as low as 12" (30 cm) to as tall as 6-8 feet (180-240 cm). The flowers can be as small as 2" (5 cm) in diameter or up to a foot (30 cm) "dinner plate". The great variety results from dahlias being octoploids (they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two).

Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing.

The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th-century botanist Anders Dahl [7]. In German the dahlia was known during most of the 19th century as Georgia, being named after the naturalist Johann Gottlieb Georgi of St. Petersburg, Russia.(wiki)
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  • jone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2272 W: 177 N: 0] (29260)
  • [2009-08-06 0:29]

Morning naighbour ;)))
Fresh and beautiful...
Have a lovely day...
J ;)

Hello Oana,
A beautifully bright red with this Dahlia, and I love the water on the petals and leaves as it adds texture and sparkle to an already beautiful image.
Well done, and have a great day...
Steve

Hi Oana
Superb clear shot,excellent sharpnes and details,great colours and lighting,nice frame work.
Interesting note.
TFS
Regards
Andrzej

Hi Oana,
A nice macro with excellent colors and nice crystal clear droplets.
Fabulous subdued lighting with a nice soft backlight to sharpen the edges of the flower.
A very clean presentation in an elegant frame.
Well done.
Best regards,

Francis Xavier

Hello Oana! Amazing flower, excellent drops. Nice light and bright, perfect sharpness. Good effect. Well done!

Hi Oana
beautiful Dalia and red colour (the most important)
good pov and details captured
ciao
Lucio

Hello Oana,

A beautiful flower captured with precise details of shape, colour tones and format.
The raindrops add freshness.
Good dof.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • suzy Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 426 W: 38 N: 1263] (4340)
  • [2009-08-06 4:26]

hello hello dear Oana,

this is really a beauty again, another charming flower you captured with super sharpness and focus especially the water droplets part.. really an incredible work, perfect light and bright and very attractive transparent frame... stunning Dahlia presentation.. thx for the note..


have a nice day my friend:)
suzy

Hello Oana,

flowers are always nice subject to take photos of. :) This is amazing image, mostly because of the intense red colour and great details. :) Wonderful focus and nice light.

Have a nice day,

Stasa

hello dear Oana .. so beautiful shot with amazing details of water drops .nice colors and light..hmmmmm do you live in garden ??? beautiful work ...
Harout.

Hi Oana,
Wooww!!What a superb close up vith sharpness, colours, waterdroplets and detaile are perfect.TFS.
Felicitari,

hAyAti

Oana,
O alta captura din seria florilor de calitate.Felicitari din nou...si mai asteptam.
Horia

Hello Oana,
Great composition, clarity and freshness effect of droplets.
I loved light conditions
TFS
Selahattin E

your images have always something special..
macro here is so fabolous.. the drops are a touch of perfection
beautiful colours and details
many thanks Oana
ciao Marco

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1043 W: 81 N: 66] (12562)
  • [2009-08-06 21:11]

dear Oana,
this red is deep and mysterious,
and this shape is vividly radiating pattern like the summer sun,
I feel hot and active summer ambience and burning will from the bottom of its soul, water cannot cool down those...
thank you for your summer spiritual shot,
Akihisa

Ciao Oana


This is a great close-up of the delicate flowers!
Super details in the petals, skillful macro work
isolates the subject well..
A fine 3-D feeling in this attractive presentation!

Greetings,

Sergio

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