Exotic Beauty (94) : Persian Shield
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 : Perzisch schild
German name : Persischer Schild
Latin name : Strobilanthes dyerianus
Country of origin : Myanmar
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An exotic beauty, not for its flowers, but for its extraordinary leaves.
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Charly Charity 06/01/2017 21:56
Super schön!*****lg Dagmar
Diana V. P. 06/01/2017 17:04
Die Farbe der Blätter ist grandios... auch Deine Aufnahme!! Lila... meine Lieblingsfarbe. Eine perfekte Aufnahme und Präsentation!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
Adele D. Oliver 05/01/2017 18:19
excellent macro, so sharp, so alive these beautifully coloured and patterned leaves ....compliments , Mark !!!
best regards,
Adele
Helgrid 05/01/2017 11:06
Meine Enkeltochter wäre begeistert über die Farbe lila!!! Das ist eine wunderschöne Pflanze!Lieben Gruß von mir
Mohr Wilfried 05/01/2017 9:39
Klasse Farben, sehr schöne Aufnahme.Gruß Wilfried
norma ateca 05/01/2017 7:37
Faszinierend , sehr schön zu sehen LG Norma† Ushie Farkas 05/01/2017 2:33
Mein BESONDERER FAVORIT!adriana lissandrini 04/01/2017 23:54
magnificent leaves, excellent shootingNature is a great painter!
gr. Adriana
rolvin 04/01/2017 23:46
What beautiful and iridescent colors and fine patterns.A very beautiful plant is that!
Roland
Traudel Clemens 04/01/2017 22:30
Die Farbkombination dieser Blätter ist sehr schön und die Schärfe der Aufnahme hervorragend.LG Traudel
Manu T. 04/01/2017 19:12
Excellent details,colours and sharpness here.Gr.Manu
Vitória Castelo Santos 04/01/2017 17:59
WONDERFUL *****Brigitte Hoffmann 04/01/2017 17:43
Deine Planzen- und Blumenserie ist wieder ein wahrer Augenschmaus, Mark. Ich bin begeistert!Salut Brigitte
Günther Metzinger 04/01/2017 17:31
Tolle Farbigkeit und schöne grafische Umsetzung.VG Günther M
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 04/01/2017 15:12
Fantastisch sieht die Pflanze aus!!!! Ich habe sie noch nie gesehen.Viele Grüße Anita