Sunday, February 01, 2009

Gerbera illuminated with single flash.

Nerdy interests: Gebera jamesonii

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar07/bj-gerbera.html


Gerbera is a genus of the family of sunflowers, Daisies and Asters - Asteraceae, with a wide distribution from Africa to Madagascar, tropical Asia and South America. Through hybridization, Gerberas are available in a massive array of colors.

Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Subfamily
Mutisioideae
Genus
Gerbera

Gerberas are perennial flowering plants featuring a large capitulum with striking, 2-lipped ray florets. The capitulum on the Gerberas has the appearance of a single flower, but is actually a closter of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum of the Gerberas.
Facts About Gerberas

* Having a long vase life, Gerbera flowers are widely used in the Cut Flower Industry. Gerberas are great flowers for adding color to any room or garden.
* Gerberas are also referred to as Gerbera Daisies, daisy being a general name for all species in the family Asteraceae, to which Gerberas belong.
* Some species of Gerberas, such as Gerbera anandria, Gerbera aurantiaca and Gerbera jamesonii bear the suffix Daisy - Ghostly Daisy, Hilton Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerbera Daisy and Transvaal Daisy
* Gerbera flowers often measure 7 inches (17.8 cm) across.
* Gerberas come in a wide range of colors - from light to dark yellow, orange, pink, brilliant scarlet, deep red, and many more colors.
* Gerberas can be used in landscapes as bedding plants for borders and flower beds or as Cut Flowers for table arrangements.
* Gerberas are native to Transvaal, South Africa.
* Hybrid Gerbera varieties cloned through tissue culture are uniform, and have long-lasting flowers with thick peduncles that are not light sensitive; hence, flowers remain open in the dark, lending themselves to indoor use in flower arrangements.

Various Forms of Gerbera Flowers

Gerberas come in various forms. Broadly, they can be put into four groups-

* Single Flowers - These Gerberas have a row of non-overlapping petals (ray florets) with a green center (disc florets). These are the most common gerberas available in the market.
* Double or duplex - These Gerberas have a double row of overlapping petals with a green, black, or dark red eye.
* Crested doubles - These doubles contain two rows of overlapping petals with one or more inner rows of shorter petals with a green, black, or dark red eye.
* Full crested doubles - These have solid overlapping rows of petals with an inner row diminishing in size, covering the eye entirely.

1 comment:

yiwen said...

Gerberas are the 2nd most popular flowers in wedding decor!