City - Round Rock State - TEXAS Country - United States
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Canon PowerShot S1 IS Photographed June 17, 2005 2:10 PM This was shot in our yard in filtered sunlight Cannas, or canna lilies, look like banana trees without the trunk! That?s no accident - they?re kin to bananas and gingers, and their wide, furled leaves come out of thick, multiple-eyed rhizomes, just like their larger, edible cousins. Flowers are the main reason cannas are so highly prized, though. The tropical Indian shot (Canna indica) was hybridized and backcrossed with other Canna species, including the North American native, golden canna (C. flaccida). These hybrids have been known as Canna X generalis, or Canna X orchiodes, depending on flower characteristics, but they've been crossed too, and the distinctions are now largely lost or forgotten. Nowadays most experts include all the canna hybrids under Canna X generalis. And indeed there are hundreds of named cultivars, ranging from less than 30 in (76.2 cm) to more than 8 ft (2.4 m) in height, in colors from creams to yellows, to oranges and reds, and with a colorful diversity of leaf patterns as well. Some of the most striking cultivars have red or variegated foliage. Canna flowers are asymmetrical, with three petals, three sepals and three highly modified showy petal-like stamens. They come in a rainbow of shades from yellows, oranges, reds and pinks. The flowers are followed by a capsule with round, shotlike seeds. Canna flaccida is native to the southeastern U.S. and Central America and the Antilles. Canna indica is native to tropical Central and South America. The many hybrid selections are of garden origin, some dating back to the 18th century. Canna species and various hybrids have naturalized in wetlands throughout the subtropical and tropical world. Distance: 53 Flash Bias: 0 EV ISO: Auto White Balance: Auto Metering Mode: Pattern Macro Mode: Normal Flash Used: None Quality: SuperFine Focal Length: 16.0 mm Shutter Speed: 1/202 (7.66) Lens Aperture: F/4.5 Exposure Bias: F/1.0 (0.00) Exposure Mode: Auto Exposure