Exotic Beauty (17) : Japanese Red Camellia
The past 2 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 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 : Rode Camelia (ook Japanse Roos genoemd)
German name : Roter Japanische Kamelie
Latin name : Camellia japonica var. rubrum
Country of origin : Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea
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Camellia was introduced into Europe during the 18th century after having been cultivated in the Orient for already thousands of years.
This flower has appeared in oriental paintings and porcelain since the 11th century.
Inge Stüwe 12. April 2013, 16:13
Eine zauberhafte Blütenaufnahme, wirkt sehr schön vor diesem dunklen HG.Liebe Grüße
Inge
aline64 22. Februar 2013, 18:15
De toute beauté rouge sur fond noir, joli shootamicalement
Wolfgang Bazer 17. Januar 2013, 18:49
In einem ganz besonders schönen Rot und einem wunderbaren Licht präsentiert sich diese Kamelie... Eine hervorragende Aufnahme!LG Wolfgang
L.Javier. Dominguez. 8. Mai 2010, 4:38
Una delicia para los sentidos, extraordinaria toma, la luz, color y nitidezMajid mehraban 10. Februar 2010, 20:46
great light ,nice macroAngelika El. 10. Februar 2010, 10:12
Ein wundervolles Licht und ein toller Bildschnitt!!!
Das grün -rot ist einfach Klasse und die Blüte ist ein Traum..
LG!
Angelika
Pascal Viyer 10. Februar 2010, 4:25
perfect !!amitié
p^v
Deryck 9. Februar 2010, 21:17
Certainly very exotic! A wonderful shot of this stunning flowerDeryck
Josef Kainz 9. Februar 2010, 20:48
Ein sehr schönes Fotolg. josef
Astrid Buschmann 9. Februar 2010, 19:59
WUNDERSCHÖN!!!!LG Astrid
Jan Rillich 9. Februar 2010, 19:31
great pictureJan
† Ushie Farkas 9. Februar 2010, 19:23
PERFECT, MARK, I never have seen her before!Salut Ushie
Brigitte Lucke 9. Februar 2010, 18:01
Thanks for this beautiful flower.Ryszard Basta 9. Februar 2010, 17:02
perfekte PresentationVitória Castelo Santos 9. Februar 2010, 16:06
LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!