Orchid Orchard and Birds Bastion - Part 1

Last week, the class had a trip to the KL Bird Park and the Orchid Garden as our last excursion for the subject. These locations are right in front of each other. For this post, I will cover the Orchid Garden.

Orchid Garden

Focus and Emotion- To be honest, I am indifferent towards plants. I am not ignorant, I know of their importance in our ecology, but I would not actually build a garden to exhibit them. I would think preserving them in their natural habitat would be a better course to take. Nevertheless, I do have an open mind. My walk through the Orchid Garden were not fruitless.

Orchids are delicate flowers. Their leaves can easily break, their petals are easily damaged without care. But they still strive on to grow into beautiful flowers. Personally I wish that the visitors that came to appreciate these flowers' looks can also appreciate their effort in growing to become as they are.

Initially, I did not know that there were that many types of orchid. After the visit, I saw how they differ in colors- red, blue, violet, white, and more- and in shapes and sizes. I found their differences interesting; they are still the same type of flower, but with different looks and color. In a way they are like us.

Space/Form and Orientation- The Orchid Garden lives up to its name; it is a garden of orchids. The orchids are neatly planted on the ground and in pots along the sidewalks, so by walking through the designated path, one will get to see all the orchids. The park is circle in shape, so the visitors must walk clock or anticlockwise to see all the various orchids.

Knowledge and Task- I expected the garden to at least exhibit the names of the orchids along with their specimens. Unfortunately, they don't. Knowledge gathered was purely visual, and less everything else. The garden should at least feature something to read, though I don't recall doing any reading while traipsing in the place. A slight disappointment, and a loss to the park.