Exotic Beauty (7) : Angel's trumpet
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 : Engelentrompet
German name : Engelstrompeten
Latin name : Brugmansia
Country of origin : Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil
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The 2 pendulous and trumpet-shaped flowers you can see in the picture are about 30 cm long.
All parts of Brugmansia are highly toxic and may be fatal if ingested by humans or animals !
vincent dagniesse 7. April 2010, 13:38
superbe photo d'une plante magnifique.bravo pour cette très belle photo.
vincent
Astrid Buschmann 8. Februar 2010, 18:49
Die sind wunderschön, und die Farbe tut gerade eben besonders wohl.LG Astrid
nokk 1. Februar 2010, 8:14
wonderful!!!true "Cromotherapy"!
hugs
nokk
Andrea Sagawe 31. Januar 2010, 18:10
Beautifully balanced light and shadow.andrea
Adele D. Oliver 31. Januar 2010, 2:22
Beautiful capture of the gorgeous Angel's Trumpet. The sharpness and colours are outstanding, Mark. These exotic flowers survive here in Vancouver outside over the winter ... some also in very light shades of pink and almost white.cheers, Adele
Natalja Dralova 30. Januar 2010, 20:28
Great capture! Colours and details are perfectSusanne47 30. Januar 2010, 19:00
Eine traumhaft schöne Blütenserie zeigst du uns, die giftige Engelstrompete finde ich besonders bezaubernd. Ein herrlicher Farbtupfer in diesem Winterwetter. Grüessli Susanne† Ushie Farkas 30. Januar 2010, 18:23
DREAM PURE !!! ( Achtung: sind SEHR giftig! )Salut Ushie
j.a.j.jansen m. 30. Januar 2010, 17:35
Nice flower and I like the Dutch name.Jan.
Ryszard Basta 30. Januar 2010, 17:13
wunderbarAngelika Ritter 30. Januar 2010, 16:48
wonderful flowers.very nice and warm colours.
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lg angie
Christine Ge. 30. Januar 2010, 12:44
Als Kübelpflanze für die Terrasse kenne ich diese imposanten Blüten. Aus der vorliegenden Perspektive und in dem kräftigrn Gelb sehen sie wirklich prächtig aus.Gruß Tina
Charly Roggow 30. Januar 2010, 12:42
prächtig sehen sie aus, die habe ich auch jedes Jahr im GartenLG Charly
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 30. Januar 2010, 12:41
Giftig aber sehr schön!!Super schönes Bild!!
LG Bergjäger
Die Mohnblumen 30. Januar 2010, 10:36
Eine schöne Bereicherung dieser guten Serie, klasse präsentiert.LG K-H