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Title
Peppermint Pink Mountain Laurel
Artist
Carla Parris
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Mountain laurel is an evergreen shrub which grows prolifically in the north Georgia and North Carolina mountains. In the late spring and early summer, its profusion of flowers often largely obscure its waxy, dark green broad-leaved vegetation.
Mountain laurel flowers are star-shaped beauties whose fused petals have distinctive symmetrical markings (usually streaks or dots of color). The blossoms range in color from white, to pale pink, to bright pinks, to rich reds. Mountain laurel buds look like miniature mushrooms, or tiny parasols.
Mountain laurels are also called calico bush, spoonwood, ivybush, sheep laurel, and lambkill. Along with rhododendrons, azaleas, blueberries, and cranberries, mountain laurels are a member of the heather family. These woody shrubs thrive in moist, acidic soil on the floor of forests in eastern North America.
Mountain laurels have an unusual method of dispensing pollen. The filaments of their stamens grow arched and bent, resulting in the tips being caught and held in tension under the rim of the bell-shaped blooms. When an insect lands on a flower, its weight causes the stamen to spring free, flinging pollen onto the pollinating insect and beyond.
This cluster of bright peppermint pink mountain laurel buds and blooms was photographed in North Carolina in May, 2018.
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May 20th, 2018
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Western, IL - United States
Congratulations on your amazing photographic art is featured in Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Rutherford, NJ - United States
Congratulations! Your beautiful fine art has been featured in Pretty in Pink Blue or Purple. You're invited to add it to the features thread, as well as to our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/prettyinpinkblueorpurple/ L/f/twt
Iola, WI - United States
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
Queen Creek, AZ - United States
Congratulations! Your extraordinary image has been featured in the Fine Art America group, Macro Photography Only. You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page.
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Sarasota, FL - United States
Nice close-up of these gorgeous mountain laurel. Congratulations Carla! Your outstanding photograph has been selected for a home page Feature in the Southern Photographers group. As a permanent record, you’re invited to post your image in the Featured Image Archive thread in the group discussions. L
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