Exotic Beauty (108) : Cardwell 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 northern Christmas lily.
There exists no Dutch or German name for this species.
Latin name : Proiphys amboinensis (syn. Eurycles amboinensis)
Country of origin : Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, New Guinea, western Australia.
Die Mohnblumen 3. Januar 2022, 15:06
Eine starke Präsentation.+++++LG KH
norma ateca 26. Januar 2017, 7:32
Fein vom Feinsten Gratuliere NormaPhilomena Hammer 25. Januar 2017, 12:13
wie gewönnt :-)))) exzellent !!LG
Brigitte Hoffmann 24. Januar 2017, 22:56
Herrlich, wie sich die weißen Blüten vor dem dunklen Untergrund abheben.Salut Brigitte
Adele D. Oliver 24. Januar 2017, 21:00
very precious these white blossoms against the dark background - greatdetails and light !!!
best regards,
Adele
Wolfgang Bazer 24. Januar 2017, 20:55
Klasse Aufnahme!LG Wolfgang
adriana lissandrini 24. Januar 2017, 19:16
wonderful presentation on black background, the quality always at the topgr. Adriana
Angelika El. 24. Januar 2017, 16:24
Sehr zart und wunderschön.... eine feine Aufnahme!!! LG! a.A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 24. Januar 2017, 16:15
Ein super schönes Bild!!LG Bergjäger
Sylvia Schulz 24. Januar 2017, 14:50
zauberhaft wie du diese zarten Blüten zeigstLG Sylvia
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 24. Januar 2017, 14:34
Sehr schön hast Du die Blüte präsentiert! Ein wenig Ähnlichkeit hat sie mit der Schmucklilie.Viele Grüße Anita
Mirjam Burer 24. Januar 2017, 14:28
tender flowers and beautiful against the dark background Mark..hugs
Natalia 5 24. Januar 2017, 14:28
Good time ! Beautiful contrast!Like the photo! Thanks for the info about the colors!Good luck!Natalia.ClaireLaira 24. Januar 2017, 13:25
What a beautiful presentation!Kind regards, Claire
Claudio Micheli 24. Januar 2017, 13:09
Splendida presentazione.Ciao