Pink Peony

Pink Peony, by photographer & digital artist, Michele Avanti. This is a composite of peonies, colored, highlighted with dodges and burns. Though... more

by Michele Avanti

Title

Pink Peony

Artist

Michele Avanti

Medium

Mixed Media

Description

Pink Peony, by photographer & digital artist, Michele Avanti. This is a composite of peonies, colored, highlighted with dodges and burns. Though peonies are some of the most beautiful flowers in the world, I wanted to create a delicate explosion of color with a sensual feeling. I hope you enjoy it.

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The peony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Southern Europe and Western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 to 40.
Most are herbaceous perennial plants 0.5 - 1.5 metres (1.6 - 4.9 ft) tall, but some resemble trees 1.5 - 3 metres (4.9 -9.8 ft) tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves and large, often fragrant, flowers, ranging from red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.

The peony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.

The family name "Paeoniaceae" was first used by Friedrich K.L. Rudolphi in 1830, following a suggestion by Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling that same year. The family had been given other names a few years earlier. The composition of the family has varied, but it has always consisted of Paeonia and one or more genera that are now placed in Ranunculales. It has been widely believed that Paeonia is closest to Glaucidium, and this idea has been followed in some recent works. Molecular phylogenetic studies, however, have demonstrated conclusively that Glaucidium belongs in Ranunculaceae, but that Paeonia belongs in the unrelated order Saxifragales.

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August 31st, 2014