Exotic Beauty (76) : Purple Morning Glory
Last year 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 winde
German name : Purpur-Prunkwinde
Latin name : Ipomoea purpurea (syn. Pharbitis purpurea)
Country of origin : Central America, Mexico
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The bloom of each individual flower lasts only 1 day but flowers are produced sequentially on and on over a period of several weeks.
Below you can see a picture of his European brother, the Hedge Bindweed
Peter van der Houwen 1. März 2015, 9:10
Most beautiful with the droplets, splendid colours!BR Peter
Günter Nau 31. Januar 2015, 9:36
Ein Blumenbild allererster Güte. Kräftige und dennoch zarte Farben, gutes Licht und der Bildschnitt können sich sehen lassen.LG Günter
MAURICE CLEGG 27. Januar 2015, 17:12
wonderful light and colours of this natural wonder.regards, Maurice.
norma ateca 26. Januar 2015, 8:39
Splendide travail. compliment . bonne jornée, mities NormaStefan Andronache 25. Januar 2015, 19:56
Remarkable composition, very beautiful colors.TeresaM 25. Januar 2015, 19:14
Magnifique et délicate présentation, Mark ++++Amitiés & bonne semaine,
aline64 25. Januar 2015, 18:06
belle macro de ces ipomées avec ces gouttes de pluieamicalement
RicoB 25. Januar 2015, 11:35
Farben wie von einem Maler erdachtLawson McCulloch 24. Januar 2015, 22:16
I like the sparkling waterdrops on the petals of these beautiful flowers.best wishes,
Lawson
Josef Kainz 24. Januar 2015, 20:51
Schöne Farben tolles Bildvg josef
Angelika El. 24. Januar 2015, 18:54
Herrlich frisch wirken diese tröpfchenbesetzten Trichterblüten! Die Winden wirken für mich immer fast so, als seien sie von innen her beleuchtet! Die Blautöne sind ein Genuss...
LG! a.
carinart 24. Januar 2015, 16:48
Gratuliere dir zu dieser herrlichen Aufnahme und dazu, so etwas Schönes gefunden zu haben!L.G. Karin
archiek 24. Januar 2015, 3:09
Ahhh... the Morning Glory! Excellent image of this dramatic flower. I would love to have some in my yard but it seems that the deer like the blossoms.Regards,
Archie
rolvin 24. Januar 2015, 1:24
What a beautiful flower shape and the colors are a dream.Wonderfully captured with the water pearls and a noble quality.
Wish U a nice weekend!
BW Roland
† Ushie Farkas 23. Januar 2015, 23:51
ganz BESONDERS REIZVOLL .Mark! Fav