White Magnolia Bud Symmetry
by Yuri Tomashevi
Title
White Magnolia Bud Symmetry
Artist
Yuri Tomashevi
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Photograph
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"WHITE MAGNOLIA BUD SYMMETRY" by YURI TOMASHEVI
"Magnolia symmetry" print as "WHITE MAGNOLIA BUD SYMMETRY". . . White magnolia bud not even started to unfold ... For a short while we could see its striking symmetry ...
Magnolia is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees did, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are extremely tough. Fossilized specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae date to 95 million years ago. Another aspect of Magnolia considered to represent an ancestral state is that the flower bud is enclosed in a bract rather than in sepals; the perianth parts are undifferentiated and called tepals rather than distinct sepals and petals.
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December 5th, 2016
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