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Exotic Beauty (78) : Mexican Bush Sage

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Mark Billiau.

Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Exotic Beauty (78) : Mexican Bush Sage

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 : Mexicaanse salie
German name : Samt-Salbei (auch Mexikanischer Buschsalbei genannt)
Latin name : Salvia leucantha

Country of origin : Mexico

... spot the ants

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Vitória Castelo Santos 06/02/2015 16:29
AMAZING
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Mirjam Burer 05/02/2015 15:35
it looks so beautiful and fluffy....you can even see the little hairs at the end of the beautiful flowers Mark..
great against the soft green background..
big compliment..
lg, Mirjam
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Gaby Falkenberg 05/02/2015 9:44
Wow,ist die schön.
Farben,Licht und Präsentation find ich sehr gelungen.
LG.Gaby
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carinart 04/02/2015 18:30
Ganz herrlich - wieder bin ich begeistert!
L.G. Karin
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mario valentini 04/02/2015 16:22
Congratulations another beautiful macro.
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Gunther Hasler 04/02/2015 9:18
In feinster Qualität präsentierst du die zarten Blüten dieser Sabeiart!
Gruß, Gunther
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rolvin 04/02/2015 0:28
How pussy willows only in soft purple. A beautiful and velvety bloom.
The ants seem to love her very much.
Great shot!
Roland
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Adele D. Oliver 03/02/2015 21:20
an exotic beauty indeed, the blossoms so unusual,
the colours vibrant, and your capture excellent
with these sharp details and the little ants looking
for nectar !!
greetings, Adele
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aline64 03/02/2015 19:49
Une belle macro pour une fleur tres ´originale
Amicalement
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Sigrid E 03/02/2015 19:48
Richtig flauschig sehen die tollen Blüten aus, klasse die Schärfe, die jedes Detail sichtbar macht!
LG Sigrid
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troedeljahn 03/02/2015 18:36
Das ist eine tolle Makroaufnahme mit eine super Qualität. Perfekt von dir in Szene gesetzt.

Viele Grüße

Wolfgang

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s. sabine krause 03/02/2015 17:30
if i were an ant, this would be the very spot i'd start my aphid farm at! so sweet and soft looking, those furry blossoms – my eco-aphids ; ) would feel right at home among them, i think: comfy, well-cared for always surrounded by a pleasant scent, which will result in maximal honeydew yield! and herding them will be a piece of cake, too: they'll stay put of their own free will! no need to bite of their wings… ah, i'll be appointed "farmer of the year"! ; )))

; )

greetings, sabine.
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Angelika El. 03/02/2015 16:23

In der Tat, trägt dieser Salbei seinen Namen zurecht!
Herrliche Farben, excellente Freistellung und eine wundervolle SChärfe (samt Besucher..)
- einfach wunderbar...

LG! a.

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Norbert Kappenstein 03/02/2015 15:55
Diese hübschen Blüten hast Du sehr gut fotografiert.
LG Norbert
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Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 03/02/2015 15:31
Eine ganz besondere Blüte!!!!! Farblich ist sie ein absoluter Hingucker. Habe sie noch nicht gesehen. Mit einer wunderbaren Freistellung präsentiert!
Viele Grüße Anita
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