Derrick Turbitt
Portstewart, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland
Derrick TurbittFl. 80mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments 32mm long, oblong in outline, rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, medium yellow, reflexed, plane or with margins slightly recurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments narrower, acute at apex, less prominently mucronate; corona 30mm long, cylindrical, smooth, slightly darker in tone than the perianth segments, mouth broadly flared, lightly ribbed and a little wavy, with rim minutely crenate.
Part of Derrick Turbitt’s ‘Causeway’ series. The Giants Causeway is an array of an estimated 40,000 basalt columns located on the north coast of Northern Ireland. It is frequently referred to the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’.
Causeway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #61992 Juan Andres Varas Braun, ChileCauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #61991 Juan Andres Varas Braun, ChileCauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #52649 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandCauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #51799 Kirby Fong, USACauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #50261 Nial Watson, Northern IrelandCauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #50183 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandCauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #27655 Kirby Fong, USACauseway Gem, 6 Y-Y, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2012
Photo #23409 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland