Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.

Image was created by scanning the actual flower, using an Epson 4990 and VueScan as scanner software. I use a scanner sometimes to create images larger than I can create with the 5D Mark II so they can be reproduced in large format.  For details as to how this is done, please refer to this article in Popular Photography.

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