Exotic Beauty (52) : Glory 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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In English also known as Flame Lily
Dutch name : Prachtklimlelie
German name : Ruhmeskrone
Latin name : Gloriosa superba
Country of origin : South Africa and tropical Asia
adriano j faria 18. Februar 2013, 1:44
What a ligth colors and sharpness!!!!superb macro.
Adri
Günter Nau 10. Februar 2013, 10:38
Bei ungenauem Hinsehen wirkt es auf mich wie ein Lagerfeuer. Eine wunderbare, durch und durch scharfe Aufnahme und farblich vom Feinsten.Grüße Günter
de ceulaer 7. Februar 2013, 12:32
WONDERFUL flower very well enlighted !br
Nikonfan50 7. Februar 2013, 0:44
super schön deine Gloriosa...LG Wilfried
hollymerry 5. Februar 2013, 19:33
very beautiful and very nice colour too +++regards monica
Lily B. 5. Februar 2013, 17:14
Ein Exotic Beauty-Makro vom Feinsten. Wunderschön.Kompliment.
vg: Lily
Hans-Günther Schöner 5. Februar 2013, 14:18
Die sieht ja sehr stark aus !!!
Gefällt mir sehr !!
Gruß
Hans-Günther
Gilbert13 5. Februar 2013, 9:56
Perfect close-up picture! I would go crazy in there seeing all those exotic plants, flowers etc. Fantastic job. JackWolfgang Bazer 5. Februar 2013, 0:22
Eine hervorragende Aufnahme von dieser schönen, ungewöhnlichen Blüte!LG Wolfgang
Vitória Castelo Santos 4. Februar 2013, 23:57
Sehr GUT !LG Vitoria
Brigitte Hoffmann 4. Februar 2013, 23:01
o wie schön! Diese herrliche Blume kenne ich gar nicht, Mark. Du hast sie wunderbar abgelichtet!Salut Brigitte
Adele D. Oliver 4. Februar 2013, 22:17
a striking beauty with flaming colours lit from within and beside it the bud of another yet to bloom ..... a rare glimpse at another exotic flower and a very fine image !!greetings, Adele
Angelika Ritter 4. Februar 2013, 20:58
wonderful flower.thanks for taking all this nice photos and sharing it with us.
lg angie
TeresaM 4. Februar 2013, 20:01
WaW !!! Une autre magnifique beauté exotique que tu as superbement mise en valeur, Mark +++Lawson McCulloch 4. Februar 2013, 19:50
You have captured the beauty of this wonderful planrt so well Mark.best wishes,
Lawson.