Ethereal Digital Botanicals by Ondrej Zunka Explore Human Dependency on Plant Species
“The Fluffus Algae” All photos © Ondrej Zunka, shared with permission
In a group of otherworldly vegetation and flowers, digital artist Ondrej Zunka distorts the anatomy of botanical specimens into spiraling shapes and strange textures. Titled The Fleur, Zunka’s renderings think about 21 ethereal species—on his site, you should utilize a digital magnifying glass to view every work up shut—that explores how all residing creatures want organic selection as a way to survive. “Habitats thrive with a variety of vegetation that type advanced communities, who each depend upon and compete with each other in a pure symbiosis,” he says.
Zunker bases every creation on an actual species, all chosen for his or her fascinating qualities that he exaggerates or ascribes unearthly traits. One of many vegetation has delicate pistils that may’t germinate pollen if uncovered to frost, whereas one other solely blooms as soon as each 40 to 50 years. The peony-like “Poisonous Exaryum,” for instance, is described as having “a posh scent: its petals scent musky and candy” and spherical growths that launch “acidic compounds into the bottom as they decompose.” Evoking a poppy, “Vomitus flos” is outlined by its lengthy, protecting hair, whereas unusual “The Odorata Cinere” has fringed petals in an ashy colour.
Considered one of Zunka’s essential focuses is to reinvent the reproductive construction of vegetation, how their vibrant colours, scents, and nectar are meant to seduce bugs through the pollination course of. In a few of his specimens, the stamen and stigma are elongated and twist out of flowers to create types that should be a part of one other world. “They bloom solely briefly, and solely underneath the proper situations, making flowers an costly useful resource for a plant to supply,” Zunka says. “It’s my want that these flowers encourage us to search for steering within the infinitely stunning and clever pure world. There’s a lesson for us all there—in the best way habitats all the time handle to stay balanced and functioning regardless of the chaotic variety of vegetation.”
To view extra of Zunka’s work, go to his website and observe him on Instagram.
“Poisonous Exaryum”
“Primula bros”
“Vomitus flos’”
“Pilosus torquent”
“The Punctatum Capillum”
“The Tulipa Nodatus”
“Lilium custodia”
“Connexa chamaemilla”
“The Cynara Serpentes”
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