National Orchid Garden inside the Singapore Botanic Garden

The National Orchid Garden inside the Singapore Botanic Garden in the city state of Singapore. The Singapore Botanic Garden itself is a wonderful place, spread over an area of 82 hectares, located on near the Orchard shopping district, and having been in continuous existence since the year 1859. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, bearing an immense contribution to the nomenclature of Singapore as a garden city. The garden is open from 5 AM to midnight every day, and is free to enter, ensuring that people even use this place as their morning walk and come her for picnics. The Botanic Garden receives a large number of visitors, getting 4.5 million visitors annually. It cover 10,000 varieties of plants and trees.

National Orchid Garden inside the Singapore Botanic Garden (Print this photo / More photos)

The Singapore Botanic Garden has many sub-parts, and one of them is the National Orchid Garden. The National Orchid Garden has over 1,000 varieties of orchids inside it with a total of 60,000 plants inside it and spread over an area of 3 hectares, and is also somewhat unique since it has an entry charge, of 5 Singapore Dollars as opposed to the zero entry charge of the Singapore Botanic Garden. The Orchid Garden was opened in 1995. The image shows the entry point for the Orchid Garden.