Opening Night, Sacred Datura
by Douglas Taylor
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Title
Opening Night, Sacred Datura
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
The flower of the night blooming Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) begins to unfold in the dusky gloom of evening. The flower bud is long and tubular, and when ready to bloom unfolds rapidly after the sun goes down. The trumpet shaped flower remains open all night long, hopefully to be pollinated by the sphinx moth, and wilts with the dawning of the morning sun.
The flower blooms from April through October with ample rain, is predominantly white, up to about eight inches long and four inches in diameter, and on some the rim of the flower is tinged bright blue as in this case here. Common throughout the desert Southwest and Mexico, the plant is considered poisonous and is said to be a mild to potent hallucinogen. Georgia O'Keefe found the trumpet shaped flowers so attractive that she made many famous paintings of them.
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August 17th, 2022
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Comments (35)
Pat Goltz
Full of poetry!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your wonderful compliment, Pat! Greatly appreciated by this man.
Debby Pueschel
Wow....how different! Congratulations on your feature in For the Love of Flowers. FL
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your enthusiastic compliment, Debby! Your wonderful support is greatly appreciated here.
Nancy Carol Photography
CONGRATULATIONS! .... and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'BEST OF BOTANICAL BEAUTY'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Aug/Sept 2023 Features."
Steve Taylor
This is a great close up Douglas. Faved and liked
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you very much, Steve! I appreciate your kind words and support very much.
Carol Senske
F/L. Incredibly beautiful image! Congratulations on your feature in Welcome Fine Artists.
Marilyn Cornwell
Congratulations on Mar 27 2023 for this splendid image feature in Welcome Fine Artists - our theme is night time images.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you very much, Marilyn! I am honored to be featured in this superb art group.
Gigi Thomas
Kuddos!Your awesome creation has been FEATURED on the ABSTRACT FEATURES DAILY GROUP Home Page!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Gigi! I am honored by both the feature and your wonderful support.
Larry Kniskern
Douglas – I wanted to let you know that your stunning image was a top-ten candidate for selection as the November "Photo of the Month" in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done!
Carol Senske
F/L - Congratulations on your feature in Welcome Fine Artists. This is lovely and perfectly suited to the theme on monochrome images.
Marilyn Cornwell
Congratulations on Nov 21 2022 - this wonderful image is featured in Welcome Fine Artists!
Taphath Foose
Absolutely gorgeous, Douglas!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Beautiful Flowers"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Douglas Taylor replied:
Taphath! Thank you so much for your kind compliment, along with the honor of being featured in this wonderful art group!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Douglas – your curls or spirals have been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Jane Selverstone
This is a gorgeous and very unusual image of datura. I love the patterns and the blue colors of evening.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Jane! Thank you for taking the time to look at my work, and to compliment me with your wonderful words! They are most appreciated here.
Greta Foose
Love this image and the title is perfect.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Greta! I am delighted that you like this photograph. Thank you for your kind compliments!
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