Coleus in the Window Box 2

This photograph of coleus in a window box on Overlook Terrace (Washington Heights, New York City) was taken with a pop art filter on the camera. The... more

by Sarah Loft

Title

Coleus in the Window Box 2

Artist

Sarah Loft

Medium

Photograph - Digitally Painted Photograph

Description

This photograph of coleus in a window box on Overlook Terrace (Washington Heights, New York City) was taken with a "pop art" filter on the camera. The downloaded image was then further digitally painted on the computer.

Per Wikipedia: Coleus is a former genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. In recent classifications, the genus is no longer recognized, and the formerly included species are instead placed in the genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon. Because the type species, Coleus amboinicus (Plectranthus amboinicus) is now placed in Plectranthus, Coleus is regarded as a synonym of Plectranthus. The term "coleus" is often used as a common name for species formerly placed in the genus Coleus that are cultivated as ornamental plants, particularly Coleus blumei (Plectranthus scutellarioides), which is popular as a garden plant for its brightly colored foliage.

Plectranthus scutellarioides, commonly known as coleus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae (the mint or deadnettle family), native to southeast Asia through to Australia. Typically growing to 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tall and wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen perennial, widely grown for the highly decorative variegated leaves found in cultivated varieties.

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September 3rd, 2018