Oops... I Don't Think I Belong Here... - Tulip Plantation - NZ by AndreaEL
Oops… I Don’t Think I Belong Here… – Tulip Plantation
Vivid streaks of colour draw your attention immediately in rural Southland. Hundreds of hectares of tulips blooming all at once in every variety and colour and shape. These glorious blooms light up the country side for a short period of time and then disappear for another year. The flowers are removed to enhance bulb growth and then lifted. Most of the bulbs grown on New Zealand soil will be exported to the Netherlands and America. The bulbs are planted in nets in the ground in leased paddocks, once the bulbs are ready to harvest, the nets are and bulbs are lifted by machine, leaving most of the soil behind. Tulips are not a flower one would think of in New Zealand, but conditions are perfect for growing tulips.
I love walking around the tulip plantations and photographing the odd one that stands out … This beautiful red tulip had popped up in amongst the pink tulips… Sadly it will be removed, when the bulbs are lifted they are shipped and packed by colour… I guess the red one does not belong with the pink….
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 Southland New Zealand 2011
FEATURED: GEMS, FLOWERING BULBS
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Vivid Streaks – Tulip Plantation
BEAUTIFUL work
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Want to throw myself into all that frothy pink lol. fantastic colours and shot Andrea x
That is just what I felt like doing, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
How gorgeous is that!!! Simply beautiful, Andrea! I LOVE IT!!!!
Donna, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
Lovely image looks good on a card !!!
Ellanita thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
very nice :)
Peter, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
lovely Andrea xx
Lynn, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
Beautiful!
Thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL
All the flowers are beautiful,Andrea,it’s beautiful,therefore it belongs there!!
Lance, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated. Unfortunately they kill the odd ones in the fields.
– AndreaEL
What a beautiful display of colour
Malcolm, thank you so much for your lovely kind comment, much appreciated.
– AndreaEL