Hot Pink Magnolias

These magnolias were photographed in Manhattan, New York at New York Presbyterian Hospital.... more

by Sarah Loft

Title

Hot Pink Magnolias

Artist

Sarah Loft

Medium

Photograph - Photograph With Added Texture

Description

These magnolias were photographed in Manhattan, New York at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Per Wikipedia:Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

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. Fossilised 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.[2] Another aspect of Magnolia considered to represent an ancestral state is 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.

The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main centre in east and southeast Asia and a secondary centre in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America.

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May 9th, 2015