Rising
by Marcia Breznay
Title
Rising
Artist
Marcia Breznay
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lotus Flowers rise out of the mud and become a beautiful creation of life.
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Nelumbo nucifera, known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. The Linnaean binomial Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Willd.) and Nymphaea nelumbo, among others. Names other than Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) are obsolete synonyms and should not be used in current works. This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.[1]
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A common misconception is referring to the lotus as a water lily (Nymphaea), an entirely different plant, as can be seen in the center of the flowers, which lack the structure that goes on to form the distinctive circular seed pod in the Nelumbo nucifera.[citation needed]-Wikipedia Photograph taken at Denver Botanical Gardens.
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Lotus Flower
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September 18th, 2013
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Comments (23)
Marcia Breznay
My thanks for the feature, Dora, in Visions of Spring-glances of Summer group. Much appreciated.
Alex Khomoutov
Love it. I'd like to feature at Light From Art group. Pinned it. v.f.p4. Alex
Marcia Breznay replied:
Thank you, Alex. I posted "Rising" for you just now. Your support is so appreciated!
Marcia Breznay
Many thanks to James Lanigan Thompson for the feature of "Rising" in the the group Beauty.