Exotic Beauty (8) : Chinese hibiscus
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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In English also known as China rose or Shoe flower
Dutch name : Chinese roos
German name : Chinesische Roseneibisch (auch Chinesische Rose genannt)
Latin name : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Country of origin : China, Indonesia
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In Indonesia and India, this flower is used to shine shoes…….
Peter van der Houwen 29/03/2015 8:55
Wonderful, beautifully intens red colour!Peter.
Irbenika 25/02/2011 15:16
You are a very good photographer!I really like the picture and this fantastic flower :-)
Best regards, Irina
L.Javier. Dominguez. 08/04/2010 3:03
Hermosa toma de este bello Hibisco rojo simple [fc-foto;20997316] y también lo puedes conseguir doble como el que te presento, por estos lados la conocemos como CayenaAstrid Buschmann 08/02/2010 18:50
Herrlich, und der lange Blütenstand ist sehenswert - eine wunderbare Aufnahme .LG Astrid
Charly Roggow 01/02/2010 15:31
sehr schön gestaltet und feine FarbenLG Charly
Jojo. 01/02/2010 9:20
Excellente image de qualité!Bisous
Jojo
nokk 01/02/2010 8:02
wonderful!is so beautiful to transmit emotions with a flower.....
hugs,
nokk
Adele D. Oliver 01/02/2010 2:32
Magnificent hibiscus blossom .... superb composition, sharpness and colours. Bravo, Mark!!cheers, Adele
Gisèle W. 31/01/2010 21:00
Prachti gekleurde bloem. Heel erg mooi !!!Groetjes en een fijne week.
Gisèle
Ryszard Basta 31/01/2010 20:25
top Form und FarbenSilvia Simonato. 31/01/2010 20:21
Excelente luz y color, muy buen trabajo!!!Felicitaciones!!!
Saludos Silvia
Vitória Castelo Santos 31/01/2010 20:03
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CsomorLászló 31/01/2010 19:59
A beautiful series Mark!bw
CsL
Andrea Sagawe 31/01/2010 18:11
Another neauty. Very good exposure of the red tone, which isn't easy at all.andrea
Heinz Janovsky 31/01/2010 18:08
Wunderschöner Rot-Grünkontrast.Gruß Heinz