Flower Photography: Yellow Canna Lily





Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.


Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae. Such a family has almost universally been recognized by taxonomists. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Zingiberales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.

The species have large, attractive foliage and horticulturists have turned it into a large-flowered and bright garden plant. In addition, it is one of the world's richest starch sources, and is an agricultural plant.

Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they can enjoy at least 6–8 hours average sunlight during the summer.

16 comments:

  1. what a beautiful shot, Che.

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  2. Waht a nice photo! Cannas make a really good show in the garden!

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  3. Gorgeous!! Makes mewant to paint it!!
    Barb

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  4. Lovely photo - I like the orange speckles on the petals.

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  5. Gorgeous Canna Lily!

    I played too. Mine are here and here.

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  6. Thanks for the info on the flower and the gorgeous pic. I love learning about flowers.

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  7. Beautiful, wonderful, golden!!

    My Link for today:
    Hot pink...BEAUTY and the BEAST

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  8. Lovely! Dami nyan dito. Hmmmm you gave me an idea... makalabas nga tom :))

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  9. the signature flowecherrific shot!:)

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  10. such a beauty. i was lucky to have taken care my mother's canna lily back then

    my entry:
    grab a glass

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  11. Pretty lily like it...happy MYM!

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  12. Great composition, the spots facing towards me. Love the bright color!

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  13. Lovely shot of the flower. I love yellow. It's a happy color.

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  14. Another yellow flower entry, its pretty :)

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