I am currently in Singapore at the moment en route to the UK and I visited the National Orchid Garden. They have an amazing collection of beautiful orchids. Here are some of my photos of them.

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The National Orchid Garden is within the Singapore Botanical Gardens. This is me and my girlfriend about to go inside the gardens.

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Singapore's climate being on the equator is warm and wet and therefore perfect growing conditions for orchids.

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Many of these orchids are available as house plants.

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Oncidium orchids

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Dendrobium orchids

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Phaleanopsis orchids

https://steemitimages.com/DQmZXrhjpuxENySUdDREuZogVrqxCyJRFBmAtjw5xBwvSeH/IMG_1815.JPG

Orchids belong to the Orchidaceae family and is one of the largest plant families on the planet.

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Orchid flowers consist of three sepals and three petals one of which becomes a modified lip.

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The name orchid comes from the ancient greek word meaning testicle because of the shape of the tubers in the genus Orchis.

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I hope you enjoyed my photos :)

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