Exotic Beauty (5) : Spiderwort
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 : Eéndagsbloem
German name : Dreimasterblume
Latin name : Tradescantia andersoniana
Country of origin : North and South America
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The bloom of each individual flower lasts only 1 day but flowers are produced sequentially on and on over a period of several weeks.
Christa Regina 07/01/2013 8:57
Wunderschön Deine Exotischen Blüten.LG von Christa
Astrid Buschmann 30/01/2010 0:51
Ein sehr schönes Bild, gelungener Schnitt, Farben und Schärfeverlauf.LG Astrid
Ryszard Basta 29/01/2010 12:05
wunderbarbleibt nur warten
Adele D. Oliver 29/01/2010 0:35
Another beautiful selection .... great focus on the tiny stamens, fantastic colours .... a perfect image!!greetings, Adele
de ceulaer 28/01/2010 23:43
really a wonderful capture !color and sharpness are top !
compliments
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 28/01/2010 20:36
Ein Traum!!!!Gerade bei diesem Schneewetter, ein wahrer Genuss für die Seele!!
LG Bergjäger
Pascal Viyer 28/01/2010 19:06
Hmmm, divine blue !amitié
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Inez Correia Marques 28/01/2010 18:47
What beautiful little flowers. Very interesting information Mark. thank youla lune63 28/01/2010 18:35
I love the contrasting colors that that flower itself has .Albert.
Josef Kainz 28/01/2010 18:01
Sehr schönes Blumenmakrolg. josef
† Ushie Farkas 28/01/2010 17:18
WOWWWWWWWW, Mark !!! I love them!!! Salut UshieJan Rillich 28/01/2010 16:47
wow a real beautyJan
Heinz Janovsky 28/01/2010 16:41
Wunderschöne kräftige Farben.Gruß Heinz
Annick 28/01/2010 15:04
Un bleu intense qui tranche avec le jaune des étamines, tu as fait une très belle photo Mark, le nom français cette fleur est "Ephémère de Virginie".Amitiés
Annick
Gruber Fred 28/01/2010 14:33
Was für ein leuchtendes Blau und die Schärfe ist wie immer genial.LG Fred