Exotic Beauty (25) : African hemp
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 : Kamerlinde
German name : (Kapländische) Zimmerlinde
Latin name : Sparmannia africana
Country of origin : South Africa
Jochen Braband 1. Februar 2011, 22:29
Great picture with a wonderful light and a perfectsharpness!
Best wishes, Jochen
TeresaM 29. Januar 2011, 23:29
SOMPTUEUSE !!!Bravo pour cette Beauté, Mark.
Pistone Bernardo 29. Januar 2011, 11:10
Fantastische makro....bravo...Lg BernardoDie Mohnblumen 29. Januar 2011, 10:08
Starker Bildaufbau, klasse in den Farben und der Schärfe. +++LG K-H
Deryck 28. Januar 2011, 19:50
I have never seen this one. The details are fantastic again. A beautiful flowerDeryck
carinart 28. Januar 2011, 14:38
Ganz wundervoll in der Schärfe!L.G. Karin
Majid mehraban 28. Januar 2011, 13:51
+++Dirk Leismann 28. Januar 2011, 12:29
Excellent, Mark. Light, composition and sharpness is stunning.Cheers,
Dirk
Kaith Kakavouli 28. Januar 2011, 9:23
yes indeed !!!!!!Jacques BURY 28. Januar 2011, 9:15
Un vrai bijou. BRAVO!BRYAN CRUTE 28. Januar 2011, 8:51
Superb details to this exotic bloomRegards
Bryan
Vera M. Shulga 28. Januar 2011, 8:36
very beautifulnice contralight
Astrid Buschmann 28. Januar 2011, 7:55
Ein wunderschönes Bild dieser zarten Blüte, mir gefällt hier auch der Schnitt des Bildes, das die Blüte schön betont.LG Astrid
Silvia Simonato. 28. Januar 2011, 0:54
Bella flor y muy agradable imagen!!Excelente trabajo!!
Saludos Silvia
Angelika Ritter 27. Januar 2011, 22:17
++++lg angie