Exotic Beauty (30) : Cape water lily (var. pink)
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 : --
German name : --
Latin name : Nymphaea capensis var. roseus
Country of origin : South Africa, Madagascar
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Profound scientific research of fossils proves that this Nymphaea species has not changed much over the past 160 million years !
leverdesoleil 10. Februar 2012, 11:02
J'adoooooooooooooooore ....C'est vraiment merveilleux cette photo !!!
Les couleurs et la netteté sont top!!
BRAVO
Amitiés
Coco
Hans-Reiner Bohn 2. Mai 2011, 17:21
indeed a beauty...ghreat shot Mark!
bw, reiner
Deryck 6. Februar 2011, 19:15
A beautiful shot of this lily! The colours are amazing! Excellent work MarkDeryck
Rike-Tina 5. Februar 2011, 21:22
....eine schlichte Schönheit....tolllg von....Rike
Kaith Kakavouli 5. Februar 2011, 7:12
very beautiful !!!!!carinart 4. Februar 2011, 15:59
Man könnte dir zu all deinen Aufnahmen gratulieren, so herrlich sind sie! Aber unter dieser Blumenpracht gefallen mir manche ein wenig besser andere.L.G. Karin
Angelika Ritter 4. Februar 2011, 10:44
beautiful and perfect presentet.+++
lg angie
Mohr Wilfried 4. Februar 2011, 9:59
Superscharf, tolles Licht.Gruß Wilfried
BRYAN CRUTE 4. Februar 2011, 8:43
Well controlled exposure to capture all those fine detailsRegards
Bryan
Die Mohnblumen 4. Februar 2011, 5:20
Eine sehr schöne Blüte, ergänzt sehr gut diese erstklassige Serie. +++LG K-H
TeresaM 3. Februar 2011, 22:26
SUPERBE .... comme les autres ;-))Amicalement,
Ardelean ioan cristian 3. Februar 2011, 21:37
beautifulAdele D. Oliver 3. Februar 2011, 20:24
Oh so beautiful, such clear and fine details in the blossoms design and colours. Excellent work - and thank you for the interesting information.greetings, Adele
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 3. Februar 2011, 20:07
Wunderschön diese Seerose!!Das hast du wieder absolut perfekt gemacht!!
LG Bergjäger
Bernd Brügging 3. Februar 2011, 19:17
Deine Blumenserie kommt hier super an. Die frischen der Farben und das Licht verzaubert die Betrachter und lässt einen Hauch von Frühling erkennen. Klasse!HG
Bernd