Spring Reflections
by Darren Fisher
Title
Spring Reflections
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
Capture of purple Hyacinths in a silver bowl reflection on a wooden table. I have used effects and textures to enhance the image. I love the tones and the feeling of Spring I was able to capture and create here.
Hyacinthus orientalis is the cultivated species of the genus Hyacinthus. There are only three species in the genus. They are all bulbs that were once placed in the genus Liliaceae but have been moved to their own genus in the family Hyacinthaceae. Dutch hyacinth is native from the eastern Mediterranean region eastward to Iran and Turkmenistan.
The plant is named after a character in Greek mythology, Hyakinthos, a handsome young man who was loved by the sun god Apollo. One day when they were throwing the discus, the jealous god of the West Wind blew the discus back toward Hyakinthos and fatally wounded him. A beautiful flower sprang up where his blood fell on the ground, and Apollo named it after him.
In Western literature, hyacinths are often associated with rebirth.
Hyacinthus orientalis was brought to western Europe in the sixteenth century, when it was cultivated in Austria. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the hyacinth, like the tulip, was found only in the gardens of the rich. By the end of the eighteenth century, over 2000 cultivars were grown in the Netherlands.
Many plants, especially those like squill, muscari, or brodiea that have flower clusters along a stalk, have common names with the word hyacinth in them. None of them, however, are closely related to Hyacinthus orientalis
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