Exotic Beauty (16) : Taiwan Pleione
The past 2 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 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 : Aardorchidee
German name : Tibetorchidee
Latin name : Pleione formosana
Country of origin : high in the mountains of Tibet, China, Taiwan
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This Orchid species is nearly extinct in the wild and stands on the Red List of Threatened Species.
The flowers in the picture were growing in a remote corner of the conservatory and difficult to photograph, but I got them !
sailor466 10. Februar 2010, 8:54
hallo - wonderful colors and good sharpness in a very good picture!!w.m.r. dieter
Die Mohnblumen 8. Februar 2010, 21:42
Eine weitere wunderschöne Ergänzung zu Deiner Serie.LG K-H
Andrea Sagawe 8. Februar 2010, 20:17
Wonderful colours and fine light and shadow play.andrea
Deryck 8. Februar 2010, 20:01
This is a wonderful series of yours. Of course very few people would have the honour to find these flowers in their natural habitat. Thanks for sharing them with usDeryck
Jan Rillich 8. Februar 2010, 19:43
I have never seen it before - niceJan
Astrid Buschmann 8. Februar 2010, 19:00
sehr schöne Farben dieser Orchidee, der Lichteinfall und im Gegensatz dazu der dunkle HG wirken wunderschön.LG Astrid
Susanne47 8. Februar 2010, 18:44
Schön Mark,wie du uns die Schönheiten aus dem Botanischen Garten ins Haus lieferst. Obwohl der Besuch derselben auch für mich immer ein Highlight ist. SUPER. Grüessli SusanneHeinz Janovsky 8. Februar 2010, 18:39
Prachtvolle Orchidee, aber auch sehr gekonnt abgelichtet.Gruß Heinz
Fritz Eichmann 8. Februar 2010, 18:10
ein wunderschöne orchidee..lg. fritz
Josef Kainz 8. Februar 2010, 17:36
Tolles Licht ein sehr schönes Fotolg. josef
Reinhard... 8. Februar 2010, 17:26
the great violet in a fantastich light, well composed Mark...!Cheers
Reinhard
Vitória Castelo Santos 8. Februar 2010, 17:22
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Christine Ge. 8. Februar 2010, 16:51
Die Violettnuancen sind zauberhaft in dem schönen Licht.Eine wunderbare Aufnahme! Mir gefällt auch die Lebhaftigkeit der Formen.
Gruß Tina
† Ushie Farkas 8. Februar 2010, 16:08
WOWWWWWW! Les couleurs sont vraiment EXTRA!!!Salut Ushie
Ryszard Basta 8. Februar 2010, 15:59
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