Exotic Beauty (1) : Egyptian Water Lily
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.
Alright, here we go with number 1.
Welcome to the exotic world.
******************************************************************************************
In English also known as sacred blue lily.
Dutch name : Egyptische lotus
German name : Ägyptische Seerose (auch Blaue Lotusblume genannt)
Latin name : Nymphaea caerulea
Country of origin : Egypt, South-Africa, China, Thailand
***
This flower is used to produce perfumes since ancient times and is also much used in aromatherapy.
Eifelpixel 24/06/2024 10:55
A water lily in the most beautiful colorJoachim
Bernhard Kuhlmann 03/05/2015 18:43
Ein Bild in bester Qualität !Damit ist dir ein wunderschönes Bild gelungen.
Gruß Bernd
Pierre LAVILLE 19/12/2014 15:03
De toute beauté !++++++++++++++
Amitiés Pierre
Jacques BURY 21/01/2010 9:48
Very nice.Best regards.
Jacques.
Vitória Castelo Santos 09/09/2009 13:51
Klasse Makro, tolle Schärfe und wunderbare FarbenLG Vitoria
Adele D. Oliver 24/06/2009 2:32
M a g n i f i c e n t !!!!greetings, Adele
Andrea Sagawe 14/06/2009 17:43
The lily...sharp as sharp can be!! Like on most of your pictures. I see this was your first one...great start!!andrea
Pierangelo Bonomi 26/01/2009 14:35
Excellent work, very good the sharpness and the colors!MAURICE CLEGG 12/10/2008 9:51
this, i think, is one of your greatest creations.i have looked through your portfolio but this one ticks all the boxes for me.
a stunning portrayal of this beautiful water lily, with wonderful colours and detail.
this is gallery quality imo.
regards, maurice.
Vanessa Halvorsen 21/06/2008 18:55
Wow, what nive details! And those wonderful colors too. Great macro, and I love everything with this pic! I can't see enough on it... I really hope I can be so good to take photos like you, after maaaany years!Best wishes, Vanessa Halvorsen.
Cees Vogel 14/04/2008 11:54
This is realy a great shot wonderfull colors and sharpness.Orangelight 02/04/2008 15:16
i love this one.beautiful flower, good structure, nice photo!
i'll set this one as my favourite.
Allan Thompson 30/03/2008 15:11
Gallery quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ole Trygve Foseide 27/03/2008 23:09
Beautiful flower, perfect shot! In my opinion, your best on Fotocommunity - till now! From the contour of the leaves it looks like they are floating in oil!Christiane Wüllner 27/03/2008 22:48
Very beautiful captured!!:-)) Christiane