Exotic Beauty (1) : Egyptian Water Lily
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.
Alright, here we go with number 1.
Welcome to the exotic world.
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In English also known as sacred blue lily.
Dutch name : Egyptische lotus
German name : Ägyptische Seerose (auch Blaue Lotusblume genannt)
Latin name : Nymphaea caerulea
Country of origin : Egypt, South-Africa, China, Thailand
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This flower is used to produce perfumes since ancient times and is also much used in aromatherapy.
Bernhard Kuhlmann 3. Mai 2015, 18:43
Ein Bild in bester Qualität !Damit ist dir ein wunderschönes Bild gelungen.
Gruß Bernd
Pierre LAVILLE 19. Dezember 2014, 15:03
De toute beauté !++++++++++++++
Amitiés Pierre
Jacques BURY 21. Januar 2010, 9:48
Very nice.Best regards.
Jacques.
Vitória Castelo Santos 9. September 2009, 13:51
Klasse Makro, tolle Schärfe und wunderbare FarbenLG Vitoria
Adele D. Oliver 24. Juni 2009, 2:32
M a g n i f i c e n t !!!!greetings, Adele
Andrea Sagawe 14. Juni 2009, 17:43
The lily...sharp as sharp can be!! Like on most of your pictures. I see this was your first one...great start!!andrea
Pierangelo Bonomi 26. Januar 2009, 14:35
Excellent work, very good the sharpness and the colors!MAURICE CLEGG 12. Oktober 2008, 9:51
this, i think, is one of your greatest creations.i have looked through your portfolio but this one ticks all the boxes for me.
a stunning portrayal of this beautiful water lily, with wonderful colours and detail.
this is gallery quality imo.
regards, maurice.
Vanessa Halvorsen 21. Juni 2008, 18:55
Wow, what nive details! And those wonderful colors too. Great macro, and I love everything with this pic! I can't see enough on it... I really hope I can be so good to take photos like you, after maaaany years!Best wishes, Vanessa Halvorsen.
Cees Vogel 14. April 2008, 11:54
This is realy a great shot wonderfull colors and sharpness.Orangelight 2. April 2008, 15:16
i love this one.beautiful flower, good structure, nice photo!
i'll set this one as my favourite.
Allan Thompson 30. März 2008, 15:11
Gallery quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ole Trygve Foseide 27. März 2008, 23:09
Beautiful flower, perfect shot! In my opinion, your best on Fotocommunity - till now! From the contour of the leaves it looks like they are floating in oil!Christiane Wüllner 27. März 2008, 22:48
Very beautiful captured!!:-)) Christiane
Andy Protas 26. März 2008, 23:14
So beautiful, I've made a wallpaper on my desktop :)Best!