Exotic Beauty (106) : White Powell 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 : Haaklelie
German name : Hakenlilie
Latin name : Crinum x powellii var. ‘album’
Country of origin : South Africa
LindeA. 07/02/2017 17:46
Wunderschön, Kompliment!LG
Linde
Diana V. P. 05/02/2017 18:43
Wunderschön... ein Augenschmaus!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
Natalia 5 04/02/2017 17:08
Good time ! Beautiful contrast! Thanks for the info!Thank you for your attention to my photos ! It's nice that You like it! Good weekend to You all! Sincerely, Natalia.Gaby Falkenberg 24/01/2017 11:22
Wunderschön die Lilien,herrlich anzusehen vor dem dunklen Hintergrund.LG.Gaby
Edi Ogris 24/01/2017 11:12
TOP AufnahmeLG EDI
norma ateca 23/01/2017 7:38
Wunderschön LG NormaNatalie16 22/01/2017 23:12
Lovely flowers and wonderful light!BR, Natalie
Brigitte Hoffmann 22/01/2017 12:47
Herrliche Blüten! Du zeigst uns eine wunderbare Serie in bester Qualität.Salut Brigitte
Nordeifeler 22/01/2017 12:25
Sehr schön,die weiße Lilie mit den Schatten..fein abgelichtet..Grüße Kai..
Danny Liska 22/01/2017 0:27
Wunderschöne Aufnahme!LG Danny
rolvin 21/01/2017 21:03
Perfectly set the light so the beautiful flowers can work. The buds form a beautiful color contrast!Have a nice Sunday ;)
Roland
Claudio Micheli 21/01/2017 15:54
Immagine stupenda.Buon week end.
Ciao
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 21/01/2017 15:15
Ein Wahnsinn, sieht schon fast dreidimensional aus!!!LG Bergjäger
ClaireLaira 21/01/2017 9:28
Great presentation and editing!Kind regards, Claire
Adele D. Oliver 21/01/2017 1:22
really gorgeous with this light .... such fine white blossom and pink buds, and reallystanding out against the black background !!!
best regards,
Adele