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Exotic Beauty (30) by Mark Billiau.

Exotic Beauty (30)


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4.02.2011 at 8:00h, License: All pictures © by the senders.
I made several visits again 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 I saw there during my last year visits and will show them here.
(I shall always give the official latin name, the country of origin and if it exists, also the English, Dutch and German name)

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Passiflora caerulea (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay)

English name : Blue Passion Flower
Dutch name : Blauwe Passiebloem
German name : Blaue Passionsblume

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aline64, 4.02.2011 at 8:01h

Une belle fleur de la passion, si particulière et belle !
amicalement


Christine Ge., 4.02.2011 at 8:22h

Die Blüte der Passionsblume sieht besonders ungewöhnlich und exotisch aus. Ihre Schönheit hast Du hervorragend eingefangen.
Gruß Tina


Susanne47, 4.02.2011 at 8:26h

Wunderschön, Kompliment und Grüessli Susanne


BRYAN CRUTE, 4.02.2011 at 8:30h

What an amazing flower Mark, superb details and vivid colours

Regards
Bryan


Sylvia Schulz, 4.02.2011 at 8:44h

es ist immer wieder ein Erlebnis die Blüte der Pasionsblume bewundern zu können, top Schärfe und Farben,
es grüßt Dich Sylvia


vjdj, 4.02.2011 at 8:49h

A wonderful capture, well done!!! Greetings, vj


s. sabine krause, 4.02.2011 at 9:28h

a beautiful exotic wheel! great shot again, mark! greetings, sabine. p.s.: is this the flower that brings us the "passion fruit"?? probably not! the name must be just a coincidence…


Mohr Wilfried, 4.02.2011 at 9:58h

Superscharf tolles Licht
Gruß Wilfried


Ryszard Basta, 4.02.2011 at 10:34h

prawdziwe cacko
w barwach i jakosci fotki


Leonid Khodyrev, 4.02.2011 at 10:49h

wheel of fortune in floral disguise... amazing


Angelika Ritter, 4.02.2011 at 11:05h

stunning +++
lg angie


My Blick, 4.02.2011 at 11:27h

very exotic picture of an exotic flower.

Greetings


Massimo Gherardi, 4.02.2011 at 13:28h

One of the most beautiful flowers, a botanical masterpiece. Perfect sharpness and wonderful colours.
Best regards, Massimo


Rackerli, 4.02.2011 at 13:40h

absolutely great!! Colour and sharpness are perfekt!
G.Rackerli


Taabu, 4.02.2011 at 13:44h

Bravo!!


Werner R. Albert, 4.02.2011 at 14:29h

Nature is the greatest artist !
What a perfect work of art.
Excellent presented, Mark.
best wishes
Werner


viola d, 4.02.2011 at 14:58h

A wheel of nature with violet spokes:) Very exotic and very beautiful. Cheers, Viola


Ushie Farkas, 4.02.2011 at 15:41h

Ich bin verzaubert, Mark!!! BRILLIANT!!!
Gruß Ushie


carinart, 4.02.2011 at 15:57h

Eine traumhaft schöne Blüte, fantastisch von dir fotografiert!
L.G. Karin


Vitória Castelo Santos, 4.02.2011 at 17:43h

Eine fantastische Aufnahme!
Ich wünsche euch ein schönes Wochenende .
Vitoria



Vera M. Shulga, 4.02.2011 at 18:21h

Perfect image of this awesome flower...


Bergjäger, 4.02.2011 at 18:35h

Ein fantastisches Gebilde ist diese Blume!!!
Super schön fotografiert von dir!
LG Bergjäger


Adele Oliver, 4.02.2011 at 19:39h

A most gorgeous Passion Flower. With your sharp macro image it is so easy to appreciate all those exotic stamens and layers of petals. Your image is a real treat .... also inspires me to try and grow a bush again this year.
greetings, Adele


CsomorLászló, 4.02.2011 at 19:44h

Incredible beauty ...
bw
CsL


Josef Kainz, 4.02.2011 at 19:46h

Ein sehr schönes Foto
josef


willy ombret, 4.02.2011 at 22:13h

Que c'est beau
compliments
willy ombret


hasszoom, 5.02.2011 at 4:37h

beautiful shoot


dirk van Appeldorn, 5.02.2011 at 7:57h

so pretty and so well taken
rgds
Dirk


Heinz Janovsky, 5.02.2011 at 8:25h

Eine interessante Blüte, fein festgehalten.
Gruß Heinz


Venta, 5.02.2011 at 20:55h

Passiflora!.. It can be grown up in the house! Mark, you has made an excellent photo, as always, pleasure to see your pictures!


Rike-Tina, 5.02.2011 at 21:23h

...farbenfroh und sehr schön
lg von.....Rike



TeresaM, 5.02.2011 at 22:19h

Passiflore dans une grande et belle vision !
Superbe comme toutes les autres, Mark.
Amitiés & bon dimanche,


Alfredo Yanez, 5.02.2011 at 23:18h

Felicitaciones Mark, fantástica macro, muy buen trabajo!!!
++++++++++++++
Saludos buena luz!*
Alfredo


Inez Correia Marques, 6.02.2011 at 0:17h

yes, they are very exoctic Marc. Beautiful flowers


Pascal Viyer, 6.02.2011 at 1:15h

perfect work
amitié
p^v


la lune63, 6.02.2011 at 17:40h

Wonderful colours and great lighting,
Albert.


Christian Bertero, 6.02.2011 at 18:35h

Bellissimo fiore ! +++++

Christian


Deryck, 6.02.2011 at 19:03h

This is such a beautiful flower! I have never seen this in real life, but it really is an eye-catcher
Deryck


Silvia Simonato., 6.02.2011 at 22:45h

Bella flor y muy impactante imagen!!
Excelente trabajo!!
Saludos Silvia



MoniC CHAILLIER, 6.02.2011 at 23:56h

jolie forme et des couleurs somptueuses !
bravo Mark
amicalement
MoniC


aspectus, 7.02.2011 at 21:01h

Diese faszinierende Passiflora präsentierst du in einer excellenter Aufnahme!
Kompliment und viele Grüße Renate


Inge Stüwe, 11.02.2011 at 6:02h

Diese Blüte ist ein Kunstwerk der Natur, Du hast sie fantastisch fotografiert!!
Liebe Grüße
Inge


Miguel SR flowers, 14.02.2011 at 13:10h

Brilliant


Ursula Fliether, 15.02.2011 at 12:10h

This is my favourite flower and I had a lot of them.
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I like this photo. Regards, Ursula


dirk van egmond, 12.09.2011 at 11:35h

very nice , good sharpness and the colors are ok

gr Dirk


from Downunder, 24.11.2012 at 18:06h

A great shot of this truly amazing plant with its unusual show of flowers which grow here in large bushes trying to take over our washing line by winding its roots around it. Cheers Renate


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