Gerbera Twins
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Gerbera Twins
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art
Description
Gerbera Daisies are one of my favorite flowers, as another is the sunflower, and these flowers are in the same family and have many similarities. This image was taken with dense woods as the back drop causing the dark background behind the the flowers. The light was hitting the faces of the flowers, so took this to reflect that light and contrast. I first painted this image digitally then used a French Kiss texture and 2 LilOwls texture also with this image for a painterly look.
Gerbera (/ˈdʒɜrbərə/ or /ˈɡɜrbərə/) L. is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum. The flower heads can be as small as 7 cm (Gerbera mini 'Harley') in diameter or up to 12 cm (Gerbera �Golden Serena�).
Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation. Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer. Their soil should be kept moist but not soaked.
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February 28th, 2014
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