Geraniums with texture
by Debbie Portwood
Title
Geraniums with texture
Artist
Debbie Portwood
Medium
Photograph - Phototography
Description
Beautiful pale pink Geranium flowers with a water drop. Textured background added for artistic appeal. (Wikipedia - Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring. The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος, géranos, or γερανός, geranós, crane. The English name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name cranesbill comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. Many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.)
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December 23rd, 2012
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Debbie Portwood
Thanks so much to all my wonderful friends for the very kind comments and support!! :D
Deb Halloran
Debbie, This is absolutely fantastic. Wonderful soft tones and colors, great details and I love the framing. You are so gifted. vtd
Linda Phelps
I love the delicate colors in this image. You have a resl talent for making your images speacial! V