点评:The National Orchid Garden, situated in the middle of the Botanic Gardens is world renown. Singapore has been breeding orchid species for about a hundred years and, in more recent years, has been at the forefront of using cloning techniques such as meristem culture to produce large numbers of specific varieties. (Most of the orchids purchased in the supermarkets of the West probably originated in Singapore, even if nominally grown elsewhere.) The National Orchid Garden is therefore spectacular; well worth the entrance charge (which is an absolute bargain for we ancients,) and well worth a couple of hours slow mooch around.
Not to be missed under any circumstances is the Sembcorp cool house. Apart from being a welcome retreat from the heat and humidity outside, the varieties (and they way they are displayed,) are breath-taking.
One would have to be a real misery to come away disappointed!
翻译:位于植物园中央的国家兰花园举世闻名。新加坡培育兰花已有一百年的历史,近年来,它走在了使用分生组织培养等克隆技术培育大量特定品种的前沿。(西方超市出售的大多数兰花可能都产自新加坡,即使名义上是在其他地方种植的。)因此,国家兰花园非常壮观;门票非常值得(对于我们古人来说,这绝对是物超所值),也值得花上几个小时慢慢逛逛。
无论如何,都不能错过胜科凉爽屋。除了可以躲避外面的炎热和潮湿之外,这些品种(以及它们的展示方式)也令人叹为观止。
一个人如果离开会感到失望,那他一定非常痛苦!