Exotic Beauty (88) : Carrion flower
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 : Gespikkelde stinkbloem
German name : Aasblume (auch Ordensstern genannt)
Latin name : Stapelia variegata var. planiflora (syn. Orbea variegata)
Country of origin : South-Africa
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This flower produces the smell of rotting meat.
Inge Stüwe 27/09/2015 16:12
Eine großartige Aufnahme dieser interessanten Sukkulente, Kompliment!Liebe Grüße
Inge
Vera M. Shulga 31/03/2015 19:36
many years ago I had such plant on my window sellindeed wonderful flower and smel :-((
greetings, vera
aline64 22/03/2015 18:36
magnifique cette plante en forme d'étoileamicalement
Brigitte Hoffmann 20/03/2015 0:04
Die Welt ist voller Wunder! Danke für's Zeigen, Mark!Salut Brigitte
Mohr Wilfried 19/03/2015 21:56
Klasse abgelichtet.Gruß Wilfried
TeresaM 19/03/2015 20:42
Une Beauté végétale superbement mise en valeur, Mark !!Amitiés,
archiek 19/03/2015 4:39
This is one I have not seen before. Excellent photo of this exotic flower.Regards,
Archie
emen49 18/03/2015 6:59
Vom Aussehen ist sie sehr interessant, aber ihr Geruch ist grässlich!Schöne Farben, gutes Licht - ein super Bild.
Viele Grüße
Marianne
Wolfgang Bazer 17/03/2015 21:55
Auch wenn sie nicht gut riecht... - sie sieht sehr schön aus! Klasse Foto!LG Wolfgang
Adele D. Oliver 17/03/2015 21:37
another fascinating blossom - and name for her ...beautiful and intricate her starry details amongst
the surrounding cacti - perfectly exposed !!!
greetings, Adele
Vitória Castelo Santos 17/03/2015 21:01
Phantastsich !!!lg Vitoria
troedeljahn 17/03/2015 19:45
Wie aus einem anderen Universum. Das sieht brillant aus. Hut ab.Viele Grüße
Wolfgang
stev-man 17/03/2015 18:53
Ein tolles Bild.VG Stefan
RoyHenry Photography 17/03/2015 17:22
Amazing flower, Mark, such beautiful markings, great description. Regards, Roy.Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 17/03/2015 16:21
Das ist eine exotische Schönheit!!!!! Die hast du sehr eindrucksvoll präsentiert!Viele Grüße Anita