Orchids of Singapore

Singapore feels like an orchid hothouse everywhere, so its not surprising that they have a gorgeous orchid garden here. It's found within the Singapore Botanical Garden, which is huge and full of lots of variety, but, to me, the orchids were the highlight. There are between 25,000 - 30,000 orchid species in the world. Imagine!

I just finished reading the novel, Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert where botany is discussed at length, including many variety of orchids. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the orchids anyway, but the book whet my appetite for it. 

​Here's a small sample of what we enjoyed today....or I should say, Molly and I enjoyed, Barry enjoyed for longer than he would have chosen mostly due to the extreme heat, and George would not have used any form of the word 'joy' in any description of his garden trip...well, he did see a meter long monitor lizard which was kinda cool. At least everyone was a good sport about the long, slow-paced visit.

As it turns out form the photos, George did appear to have some fun today.

Molly's toe infection continues to heal, so we were able to walk a little further today. Hopefully it'll be ready for the water park on Monday and the Lunar New Year celebrations that the city seems to be getting ready for.

Someone else likes the flowers here. Look what I saw on the side of building while out for a quiet morning walk.