Cactus Flowers #1
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Cactus Flowers #1
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Fine Art - Photo Painting
Description
An impressionistic view of my favorite plant, Cactus
Flowers appear from the upper part of an areole, spines from the lower (Cereus species)Areoles are structures unique to cacti. Although variable, they typically appear as woolly or hairy areas on the stems from which spines emerge. Flowers are also produced from areoles. In the genus Pereskia, believed similar to the ancestor of all cacti, the areoles occur in the axils of leaves (i.e. in the angle between the leaf stalk and the stem). In leafless cacti, areoles are often borne on raised areas on the stem where leaf bases would have been.Areoles are highly specialized and very condensed shoots or branches. In a normal shoot, nodes bearing leaves or flowers would be separated by lengths of stem (internodes). In an areole, the nodes are so close together, they form a single structure. The areole may be circular, elongated into an oval shape, or even separated into two parts; the two parts may be visibly connected in some way (e.g. by a groove in the stem) or appear entirely separate (a dimorphic areole). The part nearer the top of the stem then produces flowers, the other part spines. Areoles often have multicellular hairs (trichomes) that give the areole a hairy or woolly appearance, sometimes of a distinct color such as yellow or brown.Cacti have a variety of uses: many species are used as ornamental plants, others are grown for fodder or forage, and others for food (particularly their fruit). Cochineal is the product of an insect that lives on some cacti.
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March 5th, 2019
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Comments (31)
Kathy Bassett
Hi Jeff! Sure appreciate your comments and featuring my Cactus Flowers in your group Pacific Northwest Artists!
Jeff Burgess
Congratulations, this excellent work is being featured in ‘Pacific Northwest Artists’ Group.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Promoting this lovely image on the Semi Abstract - 1 A Day "Post your favourite images from this group - not your own and 2 a day only" discussion thread" and shared on social media tw/fb.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Kathy, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group! Please take a moment to visit the group and view it there as it has been carefully arranged and displayed with other fantastic artist’s works. Also, feel free to add it to the featured art archive in the group’s discussions as well. Excellent work! Lori
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