Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHONThe bigger the rose, the bigger the thorns. If you look down the stem of this bud, you'll notice gossamer-thin protruberances. As the rose grows, so these grow into protective, sharp thorns. The afternoon light was just right for this shot, because it highlighted the mini-thorns while allowing me to capture the bud in all its glory. Some years ago, nurseries began selling thornless roses, but the concept didn't really take off. Can you guess why? Because thorns actually serve a crucial purpose, of keeping pests away.
8 comments:
That's a great shot, to capture the thorns and the bloom before maturity.
Thornless roses. Why do we need to mess with that which took god/nature so long to perfect?
Yep, keeping pests away is critical. Beautiful shot man.
Beautiful
Beautiful shot, David. I prefer the natural rose to the thornless ones. You can always pop the thorns off or clip the tips as many florists did. :)
Peace!
Sure is a super photo David.
How about an update later on as it matures.??
Simply....Beautiful
Gorgeous photo David! You're right - the lighting was perfect.
Hi David
Keep in mind that if every rose DIDN'T have its thorn, then the old rock group Poison would lose millions in royalties, no?
But can you shave a baby rose's thorns like that?
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