{"id":33349,"date":"2019-09-27T15:52:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T23:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=33349"},"modified":"2019-10-01T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:03:55","slug":"the-national-orchid-garden-of-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/27\/the-national-orchid-garden-of-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Orchid Garden of Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33362 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance sign with vanda orchids, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_sign_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33352 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Aranda Hilda Galistan, Arachnis and Vanda orchid hybrid flower, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Hilda_Galistan_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33354 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Arundina graminifolia, Bamboo Orchid flower in front of fountain, orchid species, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Arundina_graminifolia_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33355 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Barack and Michelle Obama, orchid hybrid flower, antelope dendrobium, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33361 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Renanthera flowers, red orchid flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Renanthera_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33359 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum orchid flowers, orange and yellow flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Epidendrum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Dave traveled to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Singapore<\/a> for work, and had some time to play tourist, too. It was his first trip to Asia, his first time across the international dateline, and his first visit to the tiny, tropical island nation.\u00a0 He returned with lots of photos, including many, many orchids. This first post shows pictures from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nparks.gov.sg\/gardens-parks-and-nature\/parks-and-nature-reserves\/national-orchid-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Orchid Garden<\/a>, which is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nparks.gov.sg\/sbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Singapore Botanic Gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33363 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda orchid flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Vanda_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33356 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Bindi Irwin, green orchid hybrid flower, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Bindi_Irwin_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Zhou_Xun_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33358 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Zhou_Xun_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Zhou Xun, orchid hybrid flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Zhou_Xun_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Zhou_Xun_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Zhou_Xun_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33357 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Lucian Pink, orchid hybrid flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Dendrobium_Lucian_Pink_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33360 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Arch with yellow oncidium orchid flowers and palm trees in background, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Oncidium_arch_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Khaw_Phaik_Suan_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33353 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Khaw_Phaik_Suan_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Aranda Khaw Phaik Suan, Arachnis and Vanda orchid hybrid flowers, Singapore National Orchid Garden located in Singapore Botanic Gardens\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Khaw_Phaik_Suan_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Khaw_Phaik_Suan_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Singapore_National_Orchid_Garden_Aranda_Khaw_Phaik_Suan_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Orchid Garden boasts thousands of brilliant, tropical orchid varieties, like the warm-growing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/04\/arundina-an-orchid-weed\/\">Bamboo Orchids<\/a> in these photos. Many are award-winning hybrids from Singapore&#8217;s large, commercial orchid industry. The National Orchid Garden is open from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm daily. Check back soon to see more pictures of Singapore&#8217;s greenery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Dave traveled to Singapore for work, and had some time to play tourist, too. It was his first trip to Asia, his first time across the international dateline, and his first visit to the tiny, tropical island nation.\u00a0 He returned with lots of photos, including many, many orchids. This first post shows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33349"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33391,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33349\/revisions\/33391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}