Exotic Beauty (31) : Blue Passion flower
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 : Blauwe Passiebloem
German name : Blaue Passionsblume
Latin name : Passiflora caerulea
Country of origin : Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay
ALLWO 21. Februar 2015, 9:12
Hallo Mark - Auch dieses eindrucksvolle Foto vonder Passionsblume ist Dir besonders gut gelungen -
Beste Grüße von Wolfgang
dirk van egmond 12. September 2011, 11:35
very nice , good sharpness and the colors are okgr Dirk
Miguel SR flowers 14. Februar 2011, 13:10
BrilliantInge Stüwe 11. Februar 2011, 6:02
Diese Blüte ist ein Kunstwerk der Natur, Du hast sie fantastisch fotografiert!!Liebe Grüße
Inge
aspectus 7. Februar 2011, 21:01
Diese faszinierende Passiflora präsentierst du in einer excellenter Aufnahme!Kompliment und viele Grüße Renate
Silvia Simonato. 6. Februar 2011, 22:45
Bella flor y muy impactante imagen!!Excelente trabajo!!
Saludos Silvia
Deryck 6. Februar 2011, 19:03
This is such a beautiful flower! I have never seen this in real life, but it really is an eye-catcherDeryck
Christian Bertero 6. Februar 2011, 18:35
Bellissimo fiore ! +++++Christian
la lune63 6. Februar 2011, 17:40
Wonderful colours and great lighting,Albert.
Pascal Viyer 6. Februar 2011, 1:15
perfect workamitié
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Inez Correia Marques 6. Februar 2011, 0:17
yes, they are very exoctic Marc. Beautiful flowersAlfredo Yanez 5. Februar 2011, 23:18
Felicitaciones Mark, fantástica macro, muy buen trabajo!!!++++++++++++++
Saludos buena luz!*
Alfredo
TeresaM 5. Februar 2011, 22:19
Passiflore dans une grande et belle vision !Superbe comme toutes les autres, Mark.
Amitiés & bon dimanche,
Rike-Tina 5. Februar 2011, 21:23
...farbenfroh und sehr schönlg von.....Rike
Heinz Janovsky 5. Februar 2011, 8:25
Eine interessante Blüte, fein festgehalten.Gruß Heinz