Exotic Beauty (33) : Iochroma calycinum
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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No English, Dutch or German name exists for this species.
Latin name : Iochroma calycinum
Country of origin : rainforest South America
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Iochroma flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds, who feed on the abundant nectar.
qRudi 12/02/2011 0:11
Uiterst prachtig.Extremely splendid.
Inge Stüwe 11/02/2011 5:59
Bin total begeistert von Deinen zauberhaften Blütenaufnahmen!!!Liebe Grüße
Inge
Günter Nau 10/02/2011 10:03
Eine tolle Aufnahme, bei der eigentlich alles stimmt. Ein klasse Makro.LG Günter
carinart 09/02/2011 15:37
Allerdings, auch diese hier ... Herrlich, wie du die ungwöhnlichen Merkmale einer Blüte hervorheben kannst!L.G. Karin
Carlos.P. 09/02/2011 12:13
Magnifico makro, with a splendid light and a beautiful color.Inez Correia Marques 09/02/2011 0:19
!! I would love to have earings like that. Amazing. So beautiful MARKAlfredo Yanez 08/02/2011 22:35
Felicitaciones!!!+++++++++++++++
Saludos Buena luz!*
Alfredo
TeresaM 08/02/2011 21:40
Superbe mise en valeur de ces beautés, Mark !Amicalement,
Adele D. Oliver 08/02/2011 21:37
A fascinating stand of blossoms - especially where blossoms and stems meet . Yes, perfect for hummingbirds and great for us to admire your fine image!!!greetings, Adele
Angelika Ritter 08/02/2011 21:07
you showing us stuff that I not even imagine..wonderful ..again another exotic beauty.
lg angie
Hans-Reiner Bohn 08/02/2011 20:46
this is art !g, reiner
Angelika El. 08/02/2011 20:34
Wundervolle Farben und Formen - so schön, sind diese röhrenförmigen Blüten - ein toller Farbkontrast, das lila und grün!!!
LG!
Angelika
CsomorLászló 08/02/2011 20:06
Just brilliant!bw
CsL
Deryck 08/02/2011 19:51
What a stunning flower. It looks like little nets over the base of the flower. Almost as if they are wearing their evening dress. Great shot and great choiceDeryck
Andrea Sagawe 08/02/2011 19:48
Interesting flower...never have seen nor heard of one of these. I can imagine, that hummingbirds love to feed on them. Probably it looks just as it looks to attract more or less exclusively those little birds.andrea