Exotic Beauty (45) : Boat orchid
The past 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 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 : Cymbidium orchidee
German name : Cymbidium Orchidee
Latin name : Cymbidium
Country of origin : tropical and subtropical Asia (northern India, China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Borneo) and northern Australia
Jacques BURY 31/01/2013 10:59
*****Excellent*****Günter Nau 17/01/2013 19:47
Eine Pracht von Orchideen. Der Traum der meisten Frauen.Grüße Günter
Nordeifeler 14/01/2013 11:58
einfach schön diese tropischen Blumen,farblich eine Augenweide..Grüße Kai..
K.-H.Schulz 13/01/2013 17:11
Sehr schön fotografiert. Die farben sind KlasseLG:karl-Heinz
carinart 12/01/2013 17:34
Du liebst nicht nur deine Modelle, du weisst sie auch ausgezeichnet vorzustellen!L.G. Karin
Angelika El. 11/01/2013 19:38
Oh, fast wären sie mir entgangen, diese Cymbidien-blüten mit der herrlich intensiven Farbe udn der wundrschönen Zeichnung! Diese Aufnahme ist auch super - eine richtig wundervolle Reihe zeigst du hier!
LG!
Angelika
Wolfgang Bazer 10/01/2013 22:34
Eine wunderbare Aufnahme in herrlichen Farben!LG Wolfgang
aspectus 10/01/2013 22:13
Eine farbenprächtige exotische Schönheit, grossartig von dir präsentiert!LG Renate
Brigitte Hoffmann 10/01/2013 21:22
Ein wunderschöner Farbkleks, der den Augen gut tut in dieser trüben Zeit!Salut Brigitte
Adele D. Oliver 10/01/2013 21:06
Oh orchids - so fascinating in all their varieties with different shapes and colours .... this one just splendid, Mark, wonderful deep red, great details.greetings, Adele
Deryck 10/01/2013 20:53
I think it is a wonderful idea to share these beauties with us. This is such a beautiful orchid and well photographed tooDeryck
Lawson McCulloch 10/01/2013 20:19
I love orchids, and this one is a real beauty Mark.best wishes,
Lawson
willy ombret 10/01/2013 19:30
splendide fleurstrès beaux détails
willy ombret
J o s e f 10/01/2013 19:12
Amazing!Kind regards, Josef
Vitória Castelo Santos 10/01/2013 17:51
Tolle Aufnahme!LG VItoria