Exotic Beauty (9) : Aphelandra tetragona
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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No English, Dutch or German name exists.
Latin name : Aphelandra tetragona
Country of origin : Rainforest South America, mainly Venezuela
L.Javier. Dominguez. 2. Mai 2010, 1:15
Cierto.... muy exótica esta hermosa florPozer Katalin 27. Februar 2010, 16:43
It is really exotic...Hugs, kati
Astrid Buschmann 8. Februar 2010, 18:52
Die Blüte ist nicht nur von exotischer Scönheit, sonder auch noch von exotischer Form - es ist faszinierend, was die Natur alles hervorbringt.LG Astrid
nokk 2. Februar 2010, 21:49
very, very beautiful ... queen of beauty!I have never seen anything like that before
is my favorite of this series
for the moments....:)
all my appreciation,Mark
Vitória Castelo Santos 2. Februar 2010, 13:46
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Heinz Janovsky 2. Februar 2010, 9:25
Das ist wirklich eine exotische Schönheit.Gruß Heinz
Florian Clarén 2. Februar 2010, 8:10
GREAT SHOT..!!Adele D. Oliver 1. Februar 2010, 22:32
This beauty is truly unusual and exotic looking - such intricate patterns on the spikes, such fantastic flame-like red flower. A fantastic image with great sharpness and colours!!best wishes, Adele
CsomorLászló 1. Februar 2010, 21:09
Oh...yes!bw
CsL
Deryck 1. Februar 2010, 21:05
Not having internet at the moment, I am missing your beautiful shots! This is wonderfulDeryck
Angelika El. 1. Februar 2010, 20:10
Eine wahrliche Schönheit!!! Tolle Aufnahme... Aus meiner Kindheit her kenne ich noch eine gelbblühende Zimmerpflanze mit dem Namen Aphelandra - sie sieht aber total anders aus... ist gelb und glänzend...
LG!
Angelika
Angelika Ritter 1. Februar 2010, 19:28
again a wonderful photo.great work
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lg angie
Marlies W. 1. Februar 2010, 19:23
WOW, was für eine exotische Schönheit und was für eine fantastische Aufnahme!!!! 1ALG Marlies
† Ushie Farkas 1. Februar 2010, 19:20
THATs FANTASTIC, Mark! I never have seen such plant bevore! Salut UshieGunther Hasler 1. Februar 2010, 19:20
Eine wirklich wundervolle Serie dieser exotischen Schönheiten, Mark! Da hast Du ein attraktives und interessantes Thema für den Winter gefunden! :)LG Gunther