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Pressing this button operates the mechanism to uncouple a selected model railroad train car. From my childhood, it is over 60 years old. Size: 1 5/8 by 2 5/8 inches.
Found a pair of foxes hunting along the road in early morning light. This one's mate ran away, but I was able to call this one in closer just by making squeaking sounds with my voice. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
SUNRISE - Vilano Beach - 7/5/22
Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Oldest City in the U.S.A. - 1513
Summer 2022 - July 5th, 2022
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - dark-jetty - inlet]
*[Atlantic Ocean - warm-morning-light - sand-reflection]
*['grainy' and a 'little-noisy' because; it was still DARK! LOL]
"Very little is known about the dahlia before the time of the Aztecs. It is believed that the Aztecs used parts of the dahlia for food and medicine. The mountain regions of Mexico and Guatemala are the birthplace of today's dahlias and they have continued to be grown there.
Discovery in the 16th century
In 1570, King Phillip II of Spain sent Francisco Hernandez to Mexico to study the natural resources of the country. He stayed for 7 years and described plants that resemble dahlia species under the names Acocotli and Cocoxochitl. The first drawings were made of the dahlias by an associate who was travelling with Hernandez and were published in 1651.
The next time dahlias appear in history is 1789, when the director of the Botanical Garden at Mexico City sent plant parts to Antonio Jose Cavarilles, who worked at the Royal Gardens of Madrid in Spain. From these he grew 3 new plant forms, Dahlia pinnata, D. rosea, and D. coccinea. He named the genus after Andreas Dahl, a Swedish botanist.
Seed and plant parts from these dahlias were sent throughout Europe beginning in the early 1800s. As hybridization work continued, the first fully double forms began to make their appearance, as did many new colour combinations. In 1872 a crate of dahlia tubers was sent from Mexico to Holland, however upon arrival it was discovered that only one tuber had survived the long Atlantic crossing.
This lone tuber of a new variety (D. juarezii) produced a bright red bloom with petals that were rolled back and pointed. Interest in the dahlia by plant breeders was renewed at once and the successful combination of this new variety with earlier varieties served as the parent stock for the current lists of dahlia variations.
It was during this time that the scarlet Dahlia coccinea was crossed with a mauve-flowered species, possibly D. pinnata, which ultimately resulted in the first modern dahlia hybrid (Lawrence 1929). The new hybrid was easy to grow and hybridize so they quickly became very popular in European and American gardens.
After 200 years of culture, selective breeding, and hybridizing, today's dahlia has one of the largest variations of forms, colours, and sizes of any flower grown. More Dahlia hybridizers are active now than at any other time in history, which means a constant addition of varieties each year.
Today, this flower remains the National Flower of Mexico where its great beauty was first discovered by the mighty Aztec Indians so long ago."
It was cold in Philly today, misery inducing cold. Finding this brought a stupid smile to my face, after which, I did not feel the cold as much anymore.
spring is in the air ...
they know ...
in my Animal Kingdom Series ...
Taken on May 2, 2019
Thanks for your visits, faves, invites and comments ... (c)rebfoto
still rummaging through the archives and rediscovered this red hibiscus.
have a great weekend my friends! will catch you later!
The Red Roosters - For this work i use a photo i taked in a shop in Sintra (Portugal) of Artisan handmade crafts with metal ! Really original these metal works .
The Roosters Are from an artisan metal work by Sonia Borga in Olaria S. Pedro in Sintra. Portugal. www.olariaobidos.com
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Work in CONTEST # 14 - RUSTIC WORLD - Art Museion
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