Exotic Beauty (81) : Insulin plant
Last year 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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There exists no Dutch or German name for this species.
Latin name : Costus pictus
Country of origin : Central and South-America
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In India this plant is used to control diabetes.
Diabetic people eat one leaf daily to keep their blood glucose low, similar to insulin (hence its official English name). It’s a cheap method that seems to be efficient too
Irene T. 16. Februar 2015, 11:47
Herrlich sieht diese Exotische Blüte aus ...gefällt mir gut ...und ist auch noch nützlich für die Medizin ..
lg.Irene
dominati simone 8. Februar 2015, 19:01
Rare et superbe+++Très belle réalisation pour une fleur magnifique . ++++Simonehollymerry 8. Februar 2015, 15:15
very beautiful +++regards monica
emen49 7. Februar 2015, 22:15
Knackscharf !!! Richtig richtig gut!!!!!!!Ich wünsche Dir einen geruhsamen Sonntag
Viele Grüße
Marianne
Peter van der Houwen 7. Februar 2015, 19:50
Extraordinary flower image, really eye-catching!BR,
Peter.
carinart 7. Februar 2015, 18:53
Was für eine tolle Blüte - sehr gut gezeigt!L.G. Karin
TeresaM 7. Februar 2015, 17:27
Une autre beauté dont tu as réalisé un portrait superbe, Mark !!!Excellente présentation.
Amitiés,
Johanna C. 7. Februar 2015, 14:27
Beautiful close up and colorsarchiek 7. Februar 2015, 6:50
Wonderful colors in this photo and super details. A great image.Regards,
Archie
rolvin 7. Februar 2015, 1:14
Great as you have captured, in all her beautiful details, these gorgeous blooms.Wonderful these fresh colors
I wish you a nice weekend!
Roland
Brigitte Hoffmann 6. Februar 2015, 23:59
Très , très jolie cette fleur, Mark!Salut Brigitte
et un bon weekend
Wolfgang Bazer 6. Februar 2015, 22:00
Eine wunderbare Aufnahme und hochinteressante Infos!LG Wolfgang
Adele D. Oliver 6. Februar 2015, 21:19
a beautiful exotic blossom, and I can imaginehummingbirds and insects visiting here ... how
interesting that her leaves have such amazing
qualities ... excellent photographic work, Mark ..
details and colours splendid !!!
greetings, Adele
mario valentini 6. Februar 2015, 19:50
Excellent macro,beauty flower.Vera M. Shulga 6. Februar 2015, 19:42
excellent!//as always//greetings, vera