Exotic Beauty (105) : Rhododendron lemon spice x gardenia
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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There exists no specific English, Dutch or German name for this species.
Latin name : Rhododendron lemon spice x gardenia
Country of origin : unknown
Jacques BURY 25. Januar 2017, 11:54
Beautiful and soft colors in a fantastic light.Helga Noll 23. Januar 2017, 21:56
Hier beeindruckt mich das weiche und wunderschöne Gelb.Deine Fotos sind allemal fantastisch.
Grüße, Helga
Sylvia Schulz 20. Januar 2017, 15:20
schön sehen diese gelben Blüten in dem Licht ausLG Sylvia
rolvin 20. Januar 2017, 0:06
Beautiful the delicate colors of the Rhododendron. Excellently photographed!Roland
adriana lissandrini 19. Januar 2017, 22:52
I admire the beauty of flowers and the macrogr. Adriana
Adele D. Oliver 19. Januar 2017, 20:51
wonderful light on these blossoms bringing out their beauty and softyellow colours .... splendid work !!!
best regards,
Adele
Manu T. 19. Januar 2017, 20:00
Great presentation and editing the light brings out the beauty of the flower, very well done. Fine sharpness,details and colours here.Gr.Manu
Bernhard Kuhlmann 19. Januar 2017, 19:40
Ein Traumhaft schönes Bild sehe ich vor mir !Gruß Bernd
Sigrun Pfeifer 19. Januar 2017, 19:29
Solche Rhododendronblüten habe ich noch nie gesehen ! Sie sind wunderschön, und Deine Aufnahme ist perfekt ! LG SigrunClaireLaira 19. Januar 2017, 18:14
Awesome presentation in a fantastic light!Kind regards, Claire
Wolfgang Bazer 19. Januar 2017, 16:50
Ganz ausgezeichnet!LG Wolfgang
Vitória Castelo Santos 19. Januar 2017, 15:55
EXCELLENT!!!!!cheers, Vitoria
Günther Metzinger 19. Januar 2017, 15:15
Wunderschön, perfekt das Licht gesetzt.VG Günther M
Mirjam Burer 19. Januar 2017, 14:55
tender, delicate and most beautiful, Mark...lg, Mirjam
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 19. Januar 2017, 13:50
Den gelben Rhododendron sieht man nicht so oft! Ich hatte mal einen im Garten:-)Viele Grüße Anita