Dahlia named AC Joy #2 is a photograph by J McCombie which was uploaded on December 15th, 2015.
Dahlia named AC Joy #2
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, World of Dahlias.... more
by J McCombie
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Dahlia named AC Joy #2
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J McCombie
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This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "World of Dahlias".
AC Joy is a Dahlia classified as B-SC-DB-PR/Y. This means it is Medium in size (B: Medium flowers that exceed 6 to 8 inches (20.3 to 15.2 cm) in diameter), ... Semi-Cactus in form (Semi-Cactus: petals are double, broad at the base, straight, curving inward or backward and have tips that roll back to nearly half their length. This group is similar to the above, but the petals are not completely "Involute' (tubular) and pointed.), ... and its colour is a Dark Blend of Purple and Yellow. (DARK BLEND: Blends of low brilliance dominated by dark reds, pinks, purples, oranges, lavenders and bronzes. Ignore white when determining a dark blend.) It grows about 42" to 48" tall. AC Joy's colour begins very blue red petal ends and a soft sunny yellow at the inner petals. As it ages, the yellow fades to a pale butter and the blue red softens to a cool fuchsia pink as the cactus petals roll and tighten and then loosen again.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. A member of the Asteraceae or Compositae, dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum and zinnia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2" in diameter or up to 12" ("dinner plate"). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids - that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons - genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele - which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 12" to more than 6-8'. The majority of species do not produce scented flowers or cultivars. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue. "Dahl" is a homophone of the Swedish word "dal", or "valley"; although it is not a true translation, the plant is sometimes referred to as the "valley flower".
Spanish Hidalgos reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525. They were used for a food source, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated. The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy, and employed the long hollow stem of the Dahlia imperalis for water pipes. The indigenous peoples variously identified the plants as "Chichipatl" (Toltecs) and "Acocotle" or "Cocoxochitl" (Aztecs) translated as "water cane", "water pipe", "water pipe flower", "hollow stem flower" and "cane flower". All these refer to the hollowness of the plants' stem. The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963.
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December 15th, 2015
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