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Anemone-flowering form: example, Alpen Splendor
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| Form 641 - 655: When full, displays a dome of little tubular disc florets, with a little fringe to their tip, creating a look reminiscent of a dandelion dome look...yet still with ray florets underneath. |
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Ball form: example, Suncrest
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| Form 501 - 515: Looks just as you'd think, due to the rounded-ends florets (no points) that overlap to create a sphere look. |
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Collarette form: example, Wheels
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| Form 661 - 675: A basic disc of ray florets, with extra little petals (petaloids) that stick out around the center disc (though not as long as the ray florets). Like the Single forms, 8 ray florets, with rounded tips, are most typical. |
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Incurved Cactus form: example, Alfred Grille
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| Form 61 - 75: In the general style of the cactus, in that the florets are narrow and pointed; however, they continue upwards (towards the center face of the flower) much like antlers on an animal, or certain branches on shrubs & trees. |
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Laciniated form: example, Doris G
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| Form 81 - 95: Florets on these have a natural curl or twist, but with splits at their ends ... though it's less apt to occur in cooler climates (like in San Francisco !) |
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Miniature Ball form: example, Odyssey
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| Form 521 - 535: Same features as their larger counterparts (Ball form), only smaller: only 2" up to a maximum of 3½" in diameter (else it's a Ball form). |
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Orchid-flowering form: example, Juul's Star
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| Form 741 - 755: I think of these as a curled variant of the Single form, in that it has 8 ray florets; only these have involuted from the disc center outwards, creating tightly involuted tips by the time they finish. That gives them their "star" look. |
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Pompon form: example, Mi Wong
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| Form 541 - 555: Anything too small but of the same exact form as a Miniature Ball: under 2" in diameter, in other words. |
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Peony-flowering form: example, Powder Gull
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| Form 621 - 655: Sometimes has smaller ray florets close to the disc-center that curl or twist. In general, the look is flatter than other forms (only slightly cupped at the most). |
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Semi-Cactus form: example, Embrace
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| Forms 41 - 55: Florets narrow towards the tip, either straight or incurved. They curl in a revolute fashion to look like little uniform spikes, but unlike straight cactus, they're broader at their base than at their tips. |
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Stellar form: example, Fidalgo Julie
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| Form 561 - 575: One of my favorite forms. 'Gets its look from having less mature florets close to the center of the flower, and more mature ones as it extends, with a layered overlap look to it. |
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Waterlily form: example, Keith H
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| Form 601 - 615: Along with the Stellar form, another favorite of mine, due to its transluscent and fragile qualities. Seen from the side, it has a flat or cupped-saucer look to it (not spherical); hence, they're great to float in a display bowl (and last well that way!) Note: they "fold up" at the end of the day, but open back up the ensuing morning, as part of their natural rhythms (as do Collarettes, too, though less so). |
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Dahlias - Other
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| Various Photographs of Dahlias taken in-the-field, outside those of the categories below (includes Seedlings, non-ADS recognized Show Dahlias, and in some cases, those I have not identified yet). Indoor Show shots & Garden shots as well. |
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Light Painting: Dahlias
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| Light Painting: using 30-second exposures or longer while "painting" light in varying amounts of time (with a small hand-light) on isolated sections of the flowers. Interesting effects result, based on distance, duration (often chosen based on the color of each flower), light orientation. These were done in a totally dark room, with a rather small flashlight. |
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