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Arco iris plano
El viento del NE llegaba con rachas de más de 60 km/h, llovía ligeramente, y cerca del horizonte se forma un arco iris intenso que luego se fue aplanando formando este arco iris plano, los colores del arco iris se veían acostados sobre el mar Emoticono gasp
La Punta de tierra que se ve a la izquierda es la punta de Martín Luis en Puntallana
Olymp E-M10~II § M.ZUIKO 14-42 EZ @ 33 mm, ISO 200 a f/11 y 1/250 con -0.00 EV
Canon EOS 7D
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
@115 mm
EF2x III
F/9, ISO 100, 1/80 sec.
soggetto ad 1,7 m circa.
In my in-laws backyard. They have a huge patch of these lovely irises. I'm going to transplant a few later this summer.
Species from eastern North America
Common name: Dwarf Crested Iris
Photographed in Rock Creek Natural Area, Sharp County, Arkansas
Pond that does not have Native plants. This is one of the Iris's in our pond. It is not a Native plant, But I am not going out in the Swamps get Wild Iris's. besides it is against the Law to dig up Wild Flowers. Besides they only bloom for a week or so and then I have to cut the plants back.
One of our fish ponds in our backyard.
Southeastern, Connecticut
Another Iris from the neighbor's yard.. She had the 3 colors and they are lining the sidewalk so I stroll by and take a shot or two...
From my set entitled “Iris”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(plant)
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(plant)
Iris is a genus of between 200-300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers which takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, Iris is also very widely used as a common name and refers to all Iris species as well as some closely related genera.
The genus is widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone. Their habitats are considerably varied, ranging from cold regions into the grassy slopes, meadowlands, stream banks of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and across North America.
They are perennial herbs, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises), or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect, flowering stems, which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3-10 basal, sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical basal leaves.
The inflorescences are fan-shaped and contain one or more symmetrical, six-lobed flowers. These grow on a pedicel or lack a footstalk. The three sepals, which are spreading or droop downwards, are referred to as falls. They expand from their narrow base into a broader limb (= expanded portion), often adorned with veining, lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. They are called standards. Some smaller iris species have all six lobes pointing straight outwards. The sepals and the petals differ from each other. They are united at their base into a floral tube that lies above the ovary. The styles divide towards the apex into petaloid branches (see pollination, below).
The iris flower is of special interest as an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing the perianth for nectar, will first come in contact of perianth, three with the stigmatic stamens in one whorl surface which is borne and an ovary formed of three carpels. The shelf-like transverse projection on the inner whorl under side of the stamens, which is beneath the over-arching style arm below the stigma, so that the insect comes in contact with its pollen-covered surface only after passing the stigma, while in backing out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower, will in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma, while in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower!
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An iris beauty that was in my garden a while back,almost looks as if some one had painted it ! love the complimentary color scheme...
This is the "driveby iris". I was working in the garden one day and a woman I had never met drove by with a pickup truck full of irises she was moving. She stopped and gifted me a large clump of them.
They are heavy bloomers and nice vigorous growers. 3/4 of row 10 along the front edge of my border garden is edged with these.
Only two blooms so far (both opened today) but there's buds everywhere. Should be very flowery here soon!
Whats the most difficult colour to reproduce on a white page?
White!
Seems a bit stiff and forced to me. It looks "nice" but doesn't have the "pop" of the stelitzia. Maybe the greenish background was a mistake? Don't know. it was a hard drawing to do.
FaberCastell Polychromos (mostly) with aquarelle background
300gm "medium tooth" watercolour paper