Dahlias

According to Wikipedia, “Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. They belong to one of the largest flowering plant families, Asteraceae, or the sunflower family. They are related to chrysanthemums, gerberas, daisies, and marigolds to name a few.”

“Dahlias appear to have a single bloom on each stem. However, each head consists of a luster of tiny individual flowers known as disc and ray florets. Disc florets lie in the centre and resemble tiny tubes, while ray florets are essentially the petals.”

Dahlias come in a wide range of colours, and have a great variety of flower forms such as ball, decorative, cactus, anemone, collerette, pompon, orchid and water-lily. They range in size from tiny micro dahlia flowers 5 centimeters in diameter, to ‘dinner plate’ ones measuring 25 centimeters across! The name of each flower form describes its appearance or shape.

The following are photos of some Dahlias from a flower display.

You can click on the picture for a better view.

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