The Living Forest (202) : Orpine
Orpine is a self-fertile wild flower plant that likes to grow at the edge of damp woods.
A number of cultivars of this species are also grown in gardens nowadays.
Dutch name : Hemelsleutel
German name : Grosse Fetthenne
Latin name : Sedum telephium
PS : The official English name is Orpine, but for one reason or another, there exists a lot of other names for this plant, like : Livelong, Frog's-stomach, Harping Johnny, Life-everlasting, Live-forever, Midsummer-men, Orphan John, and Witch’s Moneybags
Lene Thomsen 17/09/2012 0:20
nice :-))regards
lene
willy ombret 16/09/2012 15:43
très beaux shootcompliments
willy ombret
ann margAReT 15/09/2012 21:03
ein perfektes spiel mit der schärfe und in sehr schönen farben. klasse gemacht.ann
qRudi 14/09/2012 23:01
Prachtig in een perfect detail in beeld gebracht.Douglas Locke 14/09/2012 21:22
wunderbar festgehalten, bravoLG
Douglas
Vera M. Shulga 14/09/2012 21:09
very nice image and info to itthere is here too..
Vera
cHrist.. 14/09/2012 17:28
Top!vg
cHrist
viola d 14/09/2012 16:16
I just can't make up my mind which name I like most, I think Frog's stomach is among my favs:)Must be an important plant if it has so many names?
Beautifullt captured. Bw, Viola
Werner R. Albert 14/09/2012 14:41
Beautiful captured with vivid colours, feine cut.best wishes
Werner
Bernhard Kuhlmann 14/09/2012 13:45
Wunderbare satte Farben und das alles in bester Schärfe !Gefällt mir
Gruß bernd
Vitória Castelo Santos 14/09/2012 12:25
Another amazing picture of your beloved living forest Mark.Greetings
Vitoria
Christine Ge. 14/09/2012 12:09
Sehr gut fotografiert! Der Hintergrund ist perfekt.Gruß Tina
aline64 14/09/2012 10:53
simplement jolie ce bouquet de fleursamicalement
Norbert Kappenstein 14/09/2012 10:20
Der Schärfeverlauf und die Bildgestaltung gefallen.Sehr gut präsentiert hast Du diese schöne Pflanze.
LG Norbert
s. sabine krause 14/09/2012 10:17
love their ashes-of-roses color and the slightly prickly look of the blossoms! beautifully captured, too, with the two crops (one in the foreground, one in the back) facing each other as though involved in a deadly duel! ; )) greetings, sabine.