Golden Cluster

by Sarah Loft

Title

Golden Cluster

Artist

Sarah Loft

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Photograph - Photograph With Digital Enhancement

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I photographed these ranunculus flowers one spring when I was shopping for Holy Week flowers on West 28 Street in Manhattan. The area was once the major "Flower District" for New York City and though the majority of the wholesalers have moved to Hunt's Point in the Bronx, there are still a number doing business on 28 street. I nearly missed these bright little flowers because the planter on the sidewalk was shoved under some large hibiscus bushes and an ornamental orange tree.

Per Wikipedia: Ranunculus is a large genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, and water crowfoots. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds.

Ranunculus asiaticus (Persian buttercup) is a species of buttercup (Ranunculus) native to the eastern Mediterranean region in southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe (Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes), and northeastern Africa.

It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens, and widely used in floristry. Numerous cultivars have been selected, including 'Bloomingdale', 'Picotee', 'Pot Dwarf', and 'Superbissima'. The plants can tolerate light frost, but are not hardy at temperatures below -10 degree C.

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Featured in the Global Flower Photographers group, August 2016.

Featured in the Greeting Cards for All Occasions group, August 2016.

Featured in the Visions of Spring-- Glances of Summer group, August 2016.

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August 28th, 2016

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