Exotic Beauty (79) : Bloodflower
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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In English also known as Fireball, Blood Lily, Katherine-Wheel, Oxtongue Lily and Powderpuff Lily
Dutch name : Bloedbloem (ook Vuurbol genoemd)
German name : Blutblume (auch Feuerball-Lilie genannt)
Latin name : Scadoxus multiflorus multiflorus (prev. Haemanthus multiflorus)
Country of origin : tropical and southern Africa & the Arabian peninsula
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Strongly toxic !
NaturPur22 12. März 2015, 20:55
Das ist ja eine tolle Arbeit ,klasse VG AngelikaTadeusz Roguski 9. Februar 2015, 21:29
sumptuous attirehollymerry 8. Februar 2015, 15:16
awesome capture, lovely Motiveregards monica
Vera M. Shulga 6. Februar 2015, 19:43
perfect macro and very beautiful!Vitória Castelo Santos 6. Februar 2015, 16:28
WONDERFULemen49 6. Februar 2015, 7:12
Das ist ja eine spannende Blüte, kannte ich noch nicht....Viele Grüße
Marianne
Magdalenia 5. Februar 2015, 19:42
Superbe cliché de cette ravissante fleur avec un traitement tout en douceur !Amitiés,
Magdalenia
Mirjam Burer 5. Februar 2015, 16:15
so beautiful and kind of tender, Mark...thank you for the very thorough explanation always...
big compliment
lg, Mirjam
Diana V. P. 5. Februar 2015, 14:38
Eine großartige Aufnahme mit herrlichen Farben. PERFEKT!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
ARTURO MEDINA 5. Februar 2015, 10:02
Muy buena photo y realizaciónarchiek 5. Februar 2015, 1:17
your depth on this beautiful flower is outstanding. Nice editing!Regards,
Archie
Brigitte Hoffmann 5. Februar 2015, 0:43
Herrlich hast du diese Blutblume abgelichtet, Mark.Ein perfektes Foto!
Salut Brigitte
rolvin 5. Februar 2015, 0:08
Not without reason, this flower has the nickname "Fireball".Beautifully presented in an excellent sharpness.
Roland
Adele D. Oliver 4. Februar 2015, 22:59
very beautiful ... all those long spikes in everyindividual blossom and in different shades ....
a splendid capture, Mark, great light and fine
details !!!
greetings, Adele
Sinnombre 4. Februar 2015, 22:40
Sehr schönes Bild , herrliche Farben!L.G.Carva