Exotic Beauty (20) : Erica versicolor
The past 2 years I made several visits to the conservatories of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium where 10.000 (!) plant and tree species originating from the tropics and the subtropics are growing in the greenhouses over there.
Thanks to the warm and moist climate in the conservatories and the intensive maintenance, it’s really amazing what an immense great variety of exotic flowers from all over the world can be seen there, even in the cold winter season !
Flowers whose natural habitat is situated in the rainforest, the mountain forest, isolated islands, deserts, etc……. Places that most of us will never or seldom visit.
Some of the flowers are very rare, extremely colourful or specially shaped.
Others were introduced in Europe by men and became a cultivated species or ornamental houseplant.
I selected the –to my personal taste- most beautiful flowers that I saw there and made a series of them.
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No English, Dutch or German name exists.
Latin name : Erica versicolor
Country of origin : South Africa
Canan Oner 21. Februar 2010, 17:49
Amazing !!!! Stunning color combination Mark ...Magnificient work ..Goes to my fav.
Cheers,
Canan
Charly Roggow 16. Februar 2010, 11:45
wunderbare Blüten in sehr schönen Farben, sehr sehenswertLG Charly
Angelika Ritter 13. Februar 2010, 7:45
a wonderful photo.the colours are amazing.
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lg angie
Dragomir Vukovic 13. Februar 2010, 3:15
beautifulAngelika El. 12. Februar 2010, 22:57
Wundervolle, kräftige Farben - ein Genuss, nachdem wir wieder soooo viel Neuschnee haben!!! Die Schärfe und der Bildschnitt sind ganz wunderbar gelungen!!!
LG!
Angelika
Die Mohnblumen 12. Februar 2010, 19:24
Von der Form her sehr eigenwillige aber sehr schöne Blüten +++++LG K-H
† Ushie Farkas 12. Februar 2010, 18:59
BRILLIANT, Mark! J´adore la précession de tes images si extra ! Amitiés Ushiej.a.j.jansen m. 12. Februar 2010, 17:59
I very much like the contrasting colours of those flowers, well done.Jan.
Annick 12. Februar 2010, 17:35
De jolies couleurs vives pour cette fleur originale, un très beau cliché Mark !Amitiés
Annick
Christine Ge. 12. Februar 2010, 17:26
Ein Paradebeispiel für eine exotische Schönheit! Die richtige Wahl, Mark, und wunderbar aufgenommen!Die Farben sind natürlich das Auffallendste und einfach hinreißend.
Gruß Tina
Ryszard Basta 12. Februar 2010, 16:53
einfach perfektSue Bernhard - Smith 12. Februar 2010, 16:05
Fabulous colours!Josef Kainz 12. Februar 2010, 15:36
Ein sehr schönes Foto gefällt mirlg. josef
s. sabine krause 12. Februar 2010, 14:15
wow!! very intense indeed – almost fluourescent! the things they do to get the insects' attention ; ))… like their long, stick-like shape a lot, and the yellow "collar" looks lovely! a very "fruity" color combination – it makes me want to try and eat them ; ))…beautiful shot of a species i've never seen before! greetings, sabine.Gruber Fred 12. Februar 2010, 11:56
Einfach nur perfekt deine Bilder.Immer wieder schön sie anzusehen.LG Fred