Exotic Beauty (99) : Japanese Red Camellia
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 : Rode Camelia (ook Japanse Roos genoemd)
German name : Japanische Roter Kamelie
Latin name : Camellia japonica var. rubrum
Country of origin : Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea
ALLWO 21/02/2017 10:30
Congratulations dear MarkYour wonderful flower pictures are always a great pleasure for me
Congratulations from Wolfgang
Cecile 24/01/2017 9:20
Diese Aufnahme ist wirklich wunderschön, gerade weil du den Schnitt so eng gewählt hast und auch das Licht von oben links kommt.Diese Kamelienblütenaufnahme ist so schön !
Elfi Cecile
Norbert Kappenstein 17/01/2017 18:34
Sehr gut präsentiert hast Du diese herrliche Blüte.LG Norbert
Coquitte 16/01/2017 15:30
Muy buena la serie, siempre son tomas fantasticas y con buena luz. Saludos Mark.norma ateca 16/01/2017 7:40
Wunderschön also diese rote Farbe ist doch herrlich anzusehen LG NoremaNatalie16 15/01/2017 22:06
Amazing red color!BR, Natalie
Diana V. P. 14/01/2017 18:10
... und der dunkle Hintergrund ist das i-Tüppfelchen. WOW... eine wunderbare Aufnahme!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
Inge Stüwe 12/01/2017 6:37
Eine herrliche Präsentation dieser zauberhaften Blüte.Liebe Grüße
Inge
Adele D. Oliver 12/01/2017 3:36
a beauty with her blood red colour, excellent sharp and well defined capture,splendid bold colours !!!
best regards,
Adele
Sabine Junge 11/01/2017 23:02
Can't get enough! I'm looking over and over again! Superb work!Sabine
adriana lissandrini 11/01/2017 21:54
red, black, green, fantastic colors, great sharpness, excellent macrogr. Adriana
Wolfgang Bazer 11/01/2017 21:18
Herrlich, dieses Rot!LG Wolfgang
Manu T. 11/01/2017 19:57
Very well taken with fine details and sharpness and it stands out very well against the dark bg.Gr.Manu
Angelika El. 11/01/2017 17:29
Ich mag sie sehr, die Kamelien - obwohl sie in der Zimmerhaltung etwas kapriziös sind...wunderbar, die Blüte gegen den dunklen HG aufgenommen! LG! a.
Vitória Castelo Santos 11/01/2017 17:25
AMAZING!!!!