Exotic Beauty (28) : Amazon lily
The past 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 an 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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Dutch name : Amazonlelie
German name : Amazonaslilie
Latin name : Eucharis grandiflora
Country of origin : rainforest of Columbia and Ecuador
TeresaM 2. Februar 2011, 20:54
Les jours passent et les beautés se succèdent !Aucune ne laisse indifférent ;-))
Bravo pour cette superbe vision, Mark.
Amitiés,
Deryck 2. Februar 2011, 20:28
What a beautiful shot of this lily. It must be amazing to visit this botanical garden. You are very lucky to have such a place close byDeryck
Angelika El. 2. Februar 2011, 0:31
Eine herrliche, eher seltene Blüte!!! Durch das feine Licht wirkt sie fast wie von innen her beleuchtet!!!
LG!
Angelika
Adele D. Oliver 1. Februar 2011, 21:51
An exotic beauty .... just lovely how the intricate details of the petals and the mysterious interior are lit!! Fine work, Mark!!!greetings, Adele
Angelika Ritter 1. Februar 2011, 21:23
wonderful.lg angie
Gunther Hasler 1. Februar 2011, 20:03
Eine besonders schöne exotische Blüte, Mark, die sich wirkungsvoll vom dunklen Hintergrund abhebt!LG Gunther
CsomorLászló 1. Februar 2011, 19:54
Tout simplement incroyable !amitiés
CsL
Josef Kainz 1. Februar 2011, 18:59
Sehr schön deine Aufnahme gefällt mirjosef
Vera M. Shulga 1. Februar 2011, 18:53
Wonderful flower!perfect image.
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 1. Februar 2011, 17:10
Wunderschön Mark!!!LG Bergjäger
Vitória Castelo Santos 1. Februar 2011, 16:10
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!willy ombret 1. Februar 2011, 15:33
belle prisewilly ombret
Gruber Fred 1. Februar 2011, 14:24
Bezaubernd mit dem Licht.Wie im Märchenwald.LG Fred
Werner R. Albert 1. Februar 2011, 14:00
Another beauty from South-America.Your series is amazing, Mark.
best wishes
Werner
Sylvia Schulz 1. Februar 2011, 10:36
diese Pflanze ist mir total unbekannt, aber die Blüte ist sehr schön,es grüßt Sylvia