SBG's NOG and EvoG

Last Saturday supposed to do guiding but the staff there a bit MCC (miscommunication because the regular staff went holiday - when you have chewren that time, you'll lead a restrictive fulfilling life), so went to walk walk and become trigger happy shutterbug (with shaky hands)

Went to National Orchid Gardens and saw my first cicada close up

Dunno who trampled on it.

Burst seedpods of Cymbidium finlaysonianum

I wonder if anyone is collecting to sell on Ebay? "Rare!!!: 10 Cymbidium finalysonianum seeds for sale"

The raspberry scented deciduous Dendrobium anosum (I personally prefer to refer to it as D. superbum as "anosum" means "no smell" =.=)



Forgot the name liaoz. Must check up. Related to Cattleyas. Big plant but tiny flower


An orchid which I would like to refer to as the Dutch lady orchid due to the resemblance of the top 3 petals to that of a Dutch Lady's (refer to bottle milk for picture) hat. Dendrobium uniflorum


Dendrobium wulanense Slightly fragrant


A hybrid of Caulathron bicornatum


A hybrid of Laelia crispus or Laelia lobata with miniaturising parentage


A Cattleya mossiae hybrid


Tan Hoon Siang Misthouse
Misting in operation

The misthouse houses mainly temporary displays

Yuen-Peng McNeice Bromeliad House
Misters in operation


The Cool House
Don't ask about the cooling bill - very very high!!! When misters are in operation, remember to keep your electronic gadgets and cameras - the mist is sooo dense that you get drenched. It is sooo thick that you can't see 2 feet in front of you - opportune time for people to pilfer plants - very sad indeed.


Paphiopedilum rothschildianum

For some reason, there are plants ex-situ than in-situ due to habitatb destruction
*Please promote ex-situ conservation if you can't do anything about habitat destruction*

Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae


Paphiopedilum lowii



Dendrobium macrophyllum


Dendrobium rhodisticum (may be sic)


Masdevallia tovarensis


Stellis sp.

Some species of this genus can take the heat of SIngapore and flower regularly

A grasshopper on Simpoh air (Sim-poh ai-air <--- some people mispronunce it as "simple air") en route to the Evolution Gardens from NOG


Ensete flowering and fruiting




Boxfruit



Start of EvoGardens. You'll ferns after fern trees after mosses after cycads after stones blah blah blah (showing bias to flowering plants)