Heliconia Walk

According to the sign in Singapore’s Botanic Gardens, Heliconias were related to both ginger and banana plants. The leaves were alike, but that was where their similarity ended.

Giant Trees of Singapore’s Botanic Gardens

The Botanic Gardens were full of giants, not only along the rain forest walk, but throughout the gardens.

Orchids, Orchids and more Orchids

Singapore’s orchid garden was a photographer’s delight. Most of the varieties grown in the botanic gardens were in flower so there was one beautiful specimen after another — over a thousand species according to the brochure.