- Address: 1 Cluny Rd, Singapore 259569
- Phone: 65 6471 7361
- Website: www.sbg.org.sg
It is hardly in every family today in the transparent pot on the window there is an orchid or even a few, but very few people know where they came from. According to legend, almost 400 thousand years ago beautiful butterflies could not fly up and remained flowers on lush greenery. But the Maori Indians believe that after the birth of our planet and long before the appearance of man on earth, a rainbow fell and broke into the smallest pieces, which turned into orchids. But be that as it may, there really is a place in the world where everything has happened - Orchid Garden in Singapore.
Orchid Garden is a small part of the Botanical Garden of Singapore - the island and the state. It is located on one of its wondrous hills and stretches for about 3 hectares. This is the real pride of the marvelous city, the most extensive collection in the world, where about 1.5 million people a year come to see it. In the park, there are about 60 thousand species of orchids, 400 of them are subspecies, and also created hybrids more than 2000. This is a colossal work of the botanical garden staff, at least for the last twenty years. About a century ago, the Singaporeans created a program for studying vegetation on planet Earth, during which new varieties of orchids were also harvested. Beautiful flowers quickly became popular on all continents. Today, Orchid Garden employees in Singapore continue to travel around the world, collect new species and exchange them with other gardens, besides new flowers are now worn by famous people such as Princess Diana.
Thematic zones of the garden
The park of orchids in Singapore was roughly divided into four zones:
- Orchids of Singapore - the brightest color palette of flowers, incl. the symbol of Singapore is the bred Singapore orchid.
- VIP orchids are plants that have come from different countries. Most were found in Southeast Asia: Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and the islands of Sumatra and others. You will see orchids from Australia, Burma and even Madagascar.
- Zone Cool House - decorated climatic glass pavilion for plants of temperate latitudes, to maintain a more northerly climate. Recently, more and more new flowers are found there.
- The garden of the Bromeliads is a plant from South America and Central Africa, represented by more than 300 species and 500 hybrids.
Each quarter is additionally divided into "climatic zones":
- Spring with its bright yellow, creamy and golden hues;
- summer - a chic collection of mostly red, purple, terracotta shades;
- autumn - mature orange-yellow scale;
- Winter is represented by gentle white and blue shades.
You will not find only black color, it is not fundamentally deduced, as boring and dead. For many years, dozens of park staff have been working on a variety of color colors of orchids to create such a floral kaleidoscope.
In addition, all orchids group also in appearance: terrestrial, which are familiar to us, curly and epiphytes, pests living on other plants. Visiting the park of orchids in Singapore is a real celebration of life with vicious and sweet flavors. Orchids in the park grow independently and do not have fencing, and all the work on care is only manual. It is important to know that this plant is protected by the law of the country, but it does not prohibit admiring, taking pictures and even gently touching mysterious flowers.
In memory of visiting the park of flower fragments of the rainbow, you will be offered to purchase orchid flowers in gold or silver in the form of a pendant, brooch or earrings or a live process in a flask with a nutrient medium for planting in your homeland.
When to visit?
The Orchid Garden in Singapore awaits visitors daily from 8:30 to 7 pm. Admission for adults is about $ 5, children under 12 years old admission free. The fastest way to get there is, of course, by car - personal or rented , as well as by public transport such as the metro (to the Botanic Gardens station) or bus no. 48, 66, 151, 153, 154, 156, 170. Upon arrival, purchase one of the special electronic cards - Singapore Tourist Pass or Ez-Link , which will help reduce the cost of fare. It's the easiest way to do this at the Changi airport ticket office.
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