The National Orchid Garden is located within the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The latter dates to 1859 at its present site, was founded by an agri-horticultural society, and played a pivotal role in the development of Malaysia's agricultural economy.
The former lies within the latter, but dates back to just October 1995. The orchid collection covers more than seven acres, spread across the highest hill in the gardens. The Garden is home to about 60,000 orchids - the largest collection in the world.
The collection comprises about 1,200 separate species, plus about 2,000 hybrids. The Garden is at the leading edge of orchid studies and is a pioneer in the cultivation of hybrids, Singapore being a major exporter of cut orchids.
The Garden is home to a very large display of Papilionanthe 'Miss Joaquim', the hybrid climbing orchid that in 1981 was adopted as the country's national flower. Singapore honours visiting heads of state and celebrities by naming hybrids for them, and the Garden includes a fine display of these.
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