Exotic Beauty (54) : Beach spider 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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Dutch name : Ismene
German name : Schönhäutchen (auch Spinnenlilie genannt)
Latin name : Hymenocallis littoralis
Country of origin : Central America, especially Mexico
Dani Lehner 12. März 2013, 16:30
Stunning image.Detail and clarity are fantastic
Nicely composed.
Kind regards
Dani
carinart 16. Februar 2013, 16:57
Licht und Schärfe sind wie immer ausgezeichnet!L.G. Karin
Günter Nau 10. Februar 2013, 10:36
Du hast das Motiv sehr vorteilhaft dargestellt. Ich weiß, wie schwer Blumen und Blüten zu fotografieren sind. Gute Arbeit.LG Günter
Douglas Locke 10. Februar 2013, 10:08
Super festgehalten, großartigLG
Douglas
willy ombret 8. Februar 2013, 20:04
houlà splendide cette plantetrès bonne photo
willy ombret
Howard Mattix 8. Februar 2013, 5:17
The combination of both your excellent photography skills and field notes serve both as art and education.Kind Regards,
Howard
Heinz Janovsky 7. Februar 2013, 8:22
Fein abgelichtet. Es ist schon erstaunlich was es alles an Blütenformen gibt.Gruß Heinz
Angelika Ritter 7. Februar 2013, 6:20
wow what a beauty.love the contrast to the green.
lg angie
Adele D. Oliver 7. Februar 2013, 1:58
Ismene ... like a greek goddess and so elegant sounding, spider lily very appropriate too .... indeed a very special plant with all these intriguing blossoms and long feelers ... very nicely lit, and a beautiful image !!!greetings, Adele
Vitória Castelo Santos 6. Februar 2013, 21:28
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!Josef Kainz 6. Februar 2013, 20:41
Ein klasse Bild grfällt mirvg josef
Lawson McCulloch 6. Februar 2013, 20:38
An amazingly beautiful flower.best wishes,
Lawson
Angelika El. 6. Februar 2013, 20:38
Eine wirklich bizarre Schönheit!!! So viele Blüten an dem einigen Siel! Ein herrlicher Farbkontrast - dieses Grün-Weiß!!!
LG!
Angelika
Vera Shulga 6. Februar 2013, 19:42
Awesome!...Very beautiful!Really exotic beauty!..
Perfect(as always)image.
Vera
Gisèle W. 6. Februar 2013, 19:17
Heel interessante Info bijgevoegd met deze prachtige foto. Zo leren wij weer iets bij ;-)Groetjes, Gisèle