{"id":1822,"date":"2014-01-20T04:43:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T04:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2014-01-20T04:48:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T04:48:07","slug":"singapore-botanical-garden-and-national-orchid-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=1822","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Botanical Garden and National Orchid Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a while today walking around the Singapore Botanical and National Orchid gardens.  The orchid garden was magnificent!  I can&#8217;t imagine the thousands of hours that are involved in upkeep here&#8230; the paths were bordered by annual blooms presented as though they are ordinary landscape hedges, but up close it was clear that much of the &#8216;landscaping&#8217; was in portable pots that are rearranged and re-staged depending on what is blooming when.<\/p>\n<p>I also really like the idea that when a dignitary visits they get a plant named after them.  Much nicer than a jewel-encrusted scepter or whatever other kind of weird hosting gifts countries usually extend to each others&#8217; leaders.<\/p>\n<p>(As usual, click photos to enlarge.)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1822 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1823'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1824'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1825'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical03a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1825\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1825'>\n\t\t\t\tKeeping the park spic and span\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1826'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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Compare to bystanders for scale.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1834'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1835'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=1836'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SingaporeBotanical14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a while today walking around the Singapore Botanical and National Orchid gardens. The orchid garden was magnificent! 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