5970 x 4482 px | 50,5 x 37,9 cm | 19,9 x 14,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
3 mars 2021
Lieu:
Planet Earth
Informations supplémentaires:
Judas in Spring. A lone vivid violet colored flower and a couple of buds hang from the branch of a Judas tree, while the light plays with the green background. Cercis siliquastrum, commonly known as the Judas tree or Judas-tree, is a small tree from Southern Europe and Western Asia which is noted for its prolific display of deep pink flowers in spring. There is a myth that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from a tree of this species , causing its white flowers to turn red. This belief is related to the common name "Judas tree", which is possibly a corrupted derivation from the French common name, Arbre de Judée, meaning tree of Judea, referring to the hilly regions of that country where the tree used to be common. Another source for the name is the fact that the flowers and seedpods can dangle directly from the trunk in a way reminiscent of Judas's method of suicide. The blossoms appear before the leaves, and they are of a brilliant crimson. The flaming beauty of the flowers attracts innumerable insects, and the wandering bee is drawn after it to gather honey. But every bee which alights upon the blossom, imbibes a fatal opiate, and drops dead from among the crimson flowers to the earth.
