Orchid Park
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As you know, orchid flower - a symbol of the Singapore state, so open in Singapore in 1995, Orchid Park is the main center in the world for growing this species of flowers.

Located in the Botanical Garden, the park covers an area of ​​about three hectares. Park is divided into four sectors, each of which are grown orchid certain colors corresponding to one of the seasons. "Winter" - light blue shades, "spring" - yellow and golden, summer is represented mainly in the red range, and autumn - in orange.

Walk in the park will delight lovers of flora, because it contains about 60 thousand species of living orchids. Collection of the park is annually updated, brought specimens from different countries, as well as the staff of the park involved in breeding these extraordinary flowers.

The largest collection of colorful orchids and contains part of the park called "Orchids of Singapore". There are species that bear the names of famous people. For example, the orchid "Princess Diana" and "Queen Elizabeth." Most of the flowers was brought from Malaysia, Thailand, from the islands of Java and other countries in Southeast Asia. The park was built a pavilion for the cultivation of "cold" species of orchids, which are constantly maintained a moderate climate. More than 800 species of orchids imported from Central and South America. It is grown in the Garden of bromeliads.

For visitors there are special places where you can be photographed among flowers. But strictly forbidden to pluck orchids.

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