Exotic Beauty (93) : Blue Plumbago
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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In English also known as cape plumbago or cape leadwort.
Dutch name : Mannentrouw
German name : Kap-Bleiwurz
Latin name : Plumbago auriculata (syn. Plumbago capensis)
Country of origin : South Africa
Charly Charity 06/01/2017 21:56
Die Farben sind fantatisch und tun so gut in dieser tristen Jahreszeit!*****lg Dagmar
Diana V. P. 05/01/2017 16:59
Das ist wirklich eine Schönheit... und auch wunderbar fotografiert und präsentiert. Klasse Schärfe und Farben!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
norma ateca 05/01/2017 7:38
Wundervoll faszinierende Fotoaufnahme LG Normarolvin 04/01/2017 23:50
By delicate colors and gorgeous light this exotic beauty enchants every viewer!Roland
Traudel Clemens 04/01/2017 22:46
In feinstem Licht kommt die Blüte besonders gut zur Geltung.LG Traudel
Inge Stüwe 04/01/2017 7:41
Eine brillante Aufnahme, in herrlichem Licht und Farbe.Liebe Grüße
Inge
Angelika El. 03/01/2017 21:45
Sehr, sehr schöne zarte Blautöne zeigt diese Bleiwurz!!! Ganz fein... LG! a.adriana lissandrini 03/01/2017 21:08
wonderfully perfectgr. Adriana
Wolfgang Bazer 03/01/2017 20:31
Sehr schön und gut gezeigt!LG Wolfgang
Günther Metzinger 03/01/2017 20:26
Sehr schöne Blüten fein fotografiert.VG Günther M
Sabine Junge 03/01/2017 19:35
So filigree and soft blossoms in a three-dimensional perspective! Great work!Wish you a Happy New Year, dear Mark!
Sabine
Adele D. Oliver 03/01/2017 19:13
this soft blue is just so lovely, and again your lighting and close and sharp detailsare excellent and make this image into a gem !!!
warm regards,
Adele
Bernhard Kuhlmann 03/01/2017 16:46
Mit dem Bild hast du mich gewonnen !Wunderschön sieht es aus !
Gruß Bernd
Gisela Aul 03/01/2017 14:15
yes very beautiful flower,i dream in bluelg. Gisela
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 03/01/2017 14:03
Eine ganz bezaubernde Blüte! Klasse präsentiert!Viele Grüße Anita