Exotic Beauty (74) : Outstanding Miltonia
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 Morel’s Miltonia
There exists no Dutch or German name for this species.
Latin name : Miltonia spectabilis
Country of origin : Brazil, Venezuela
Günter Nau 31/01/2015 9:38
Du hast das Motiv sehr vorteilhaft dargestellt. Ich weiß, wie schwer Blumen und Blüten zu fotografieren sind. Gute Arbeit.LG Günter
Holger Heinz Dieter Hoffmann 24/01/2015 11:41
Das sieht toll aus und ist jetzt zu dieser Jahreszeit ein richtiger Farbtupfer. Echt schön!
VG Holger
archiek 23/01/2015 5:27
Good shot with contrasting colors. Not as sharp as some of your others but a good documentation image.Regards,
Archie
ev@w. 22/01/2015 13:08
ein exotische Schönheit sehr edel präsentiert !!VOM FEINSTEN !!
lieben gruß
ARTURO MEDINA 22/01/2015 9:40
Muy buena photo y realizaciónHeinz Janovsky 22/01/2015 8:36
Wunderschöne Orchidee in herrlichen Farben.Gruß Heinz
Adele D. Oliver 22/01/2015 0:28
another gorgeous variety of orchid ... that vibrantpink especially beautiful, and your capture sharp
and nicely lit !!!
greetings, Adele
rolvin 21/01/2015 23:26
An orchid species which offers very beautiful and rich colors.Very well kept by you!
Roland
Lawson McCulloch 21/01/2015 21:35
What a fine series on these beautiful flowers you are showing us Mark.best wishes,
from Lawson
Lady Edel 21/01/2015 20:48
Herrlich.LG
Edel
Vitória Castelo Santos 21/01/2015 20:02
Eine fantastische Blüte!LG Vitoria
troedeljahn 21/01/2015 18:26
Eine wundervolle Blüte. Klasse von dir fotografiert. Gefällt mir sehr.Viele Grüße
Wolfgang
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 21/01/2015 17:25
Eine fantastische Blüte!!!LG Bergjäger
emen49 21/01/2015 14:56
Sehr schönes Makro....die Orchidee hast Du wunderbar ins Bild gesetzt...VG Marianne
Alfred Schultz 21/01/2015 13:55
Strong and tasteful contrastof these bright colors.
Greetings — A.