Exotic Beauty (53) : Nipple cactus
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 : Langtepelige tepelcactus
German name : Warzenkaktus
Latin name : Mammillaria longimamma
Country of origin : Mexico
BGW-photo 16. Februar 2013, 12:11
very well captured that flower, Mark ...!I like this sometimes hidden beauties too ...
cheers from Bernd
carinart 11. Februar 2013, 11:35
Wunderschön die Blüte und deine Aufnahme!L.G. Karin
Charly Roggow 10. Februar 2013, 17:26
gefällt mir in den leuchtenden FarbenLG Charly
Günter Nau 10. Februar 2013, 10:37
Phantastisch, diese Tiefe in den Farben. Gefällt mir sehr gut.Grüße Günter
willy ombret 8. Februar 2013, 20:06
très belle cette fleur jaune bonne lumièrewilly ombret
Josef Kainz 6. Februar 2013, 20:42
Eine sehr schöne Aufnahmevg josef
BRYAN CRUTE 6. Februar 2013, 10:44
Excellent editing to really show the beauty of this bloomRegards
Bryan
Vitória Castelo Santos 6. Februar 2013, 0:54
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!Angelika El. 5. Februar 2013, 21:58
Eine herrliche Blüte - wunderschön und strahlend, dieses Gelb!!!
LG!
Angeilka
Adele D. Oliver 5. Februar 2013, 21:56
like the sun itself .... brilliant this bright yellow cactus flower and intriguing all the little spines in the background .... a fine capture !!!greetings, Adele
Claire L. 5. Februar 2013, 20:33
this yellow looks simply wonderful!kind regards, Claire
Angelika Ritter 5. Februar 2013, 20:25
wow very nice ..can't imagine that this is a cactus.never stop learning with your photos.
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lg angie
Lawson McCulloch 5. Februar 2013, 20:14
Very different and beautiful colours in this flower Mark.best wishes,
Lawson.
Brigitte Hoffmann 5. Februar 2013, 18:15
La belle de jour!Salut Brigitte
Harold Thompson 5. Februar 2013, 18:00
Beautiful exotic flower good lighting :-)) Harold