Exotic Beauty (82) : Belladonna Lily
Once again, back to the exotic world.
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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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Dutch name : Belladonnalelie
German name : Belladonnalilie
Latin name : Amaryllis belladonna
Country of origin : South-Africa
A big thanks to Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies
for the nomination of this picture.
Eifelpixel 18/07/2023 8:38
This flower is beautifully presentedJoachim
† cathy Blatt 25/06/2015 12:00
wonderful composition and fantastic lighting, a little masterpiece,cathyInez Correia Marques 25/06/2015 11:01
a beautiful sart page on fc .Bravo MarkJürg Scherrer 25/06/2015 10:46
Hi Mark -wiederum absolute Klasse! Ganz herrliche Makro in besten Farben und Licht.
Recht freundlichen Gruss.
Jürg
Dominique BEAUMONT 24/06/2015 16:47
SUBLIME MARKCordialement
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 24/06/2015 13:06
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!Freue mich sehr über das Ergebnis.
Viele Grüße Anita
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 24/06/2015 13:04
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!Freue mich sehr über das Ergebnis.
Viele Grüße Anita
Mark Billiau. 24/06/2015 10:09
@ everybody who voted pro : thanks a lot and of course an extra thanks to Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies for the nomination of this picture !Mark
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Great and wonderful DetailPRO
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