Exotic Beauty (22) : Canary lavender
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 : Canarische lavendel
German name : Kanaren-Lavendel
Latin name : Lavandula canariensis
Country of origin : Canary Islands
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With just one click below, you can see the complete series
Günter Nau 27. Januar 2011, 11:26
Aus jeder fotografischen Sicht hervorragend.Grüße Günter
Mauro Stradotto 26. Januar 2011, 0:54
Deliziosi questi delicati fiori, voglia di primavera?Complimenti, ciao!
Mauro
Angelika Ritter 25. Januar 2011, 10:13
+++lg angie
carinart 24. Januar 2011, 21:43
Eine wunderschöne Blüte, die du uns da mitgebracht hast!L.G. Karin
Adele D. Oliver 24. Januar 2011, 20:19
A profusion of brilliant tiny blossoms against the lush green leafy background. Beautifully photographed, Mark - and I am looking forward to many more from this fine series.greetings, Adele
Vitória Castelo Santos 24. Januar 2011, 20:11
!!! WONDERFUL !!!regards
Vitoria
Andrea Sagawe 24. Januar 2011, 19:31
A fine shot of this beauty. Blue flowers are always my favourites.andrea
Vera M. Shulga 24. Januar 2011, 18:26
Very beautiful flower.Wonderful colour.Very nice macro.Beautiful image.
Josef Kainz 24. Januar 2011, 17:12
Klasse Foto gut freigestelltjosef
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 24. Januar 2011, 17:02
Wunderschönes Bild!!Da träume ich schon wieder vom Frühling :-)
LG Bergjäger
brithiebird 24. Januar 2011, 17:02
EXCELLENT!!!Best wishes. Brigitte
Majid mehraban 24. Januar 2011, 15:09
you captured the real beautyFons van Swaal 24. Januar 2011, 13:44
STUNNING BEAUTY INDEED....!!!!Magdalenia 24. Januar 2011, 12:30
Tes clichés sont tous aussi beaux et réussis les uns que les autres.Encore une petite merveille de plus !
Amitiés,
Magdalenia
j.a.j.jansen m. 24. Januar 2011, 12:29
A real beauty,Jan.