Gardens By The Bay-Flower Dome - Cactus

In one section of the Flower Dome, lived all these desert plants - cactus.

In the Succulent Garden Seascape section there are decorations of fishes, sea urchins or coral reefs in the desert. Strange to have sea creature in the desert hahaha.

These cactus looked as if there were growing furs.

Close up view of the fur looked so scary.

Hahahaha, I was wondering why they display dead leaves in this section till I saw the note accompany the plant.

Gardens By The Bay - Roses

Love all these beautiful roses. Most of them are not suitable for the weather in Singapore but with the air conditioned dome set in weather similar to colder countries, the roses are able to grown in Singapore. Most of these roses are grown and research done in Hort Park's six prototype glasshouses.

A short video showing the roses in the flower dome.

Gardens By The Bay - Flower Dome - Beautiful Flowers

The Flower Dome in Gardens By The Bay was the perfect place to photograph all these beautiful flowers. Looking at all the different colours and species of the flowers made me so cheerful even though I dont know most of the names of the flowers.

These hibiscus are really so huge and pretty, they looked like dancing skirts.

Skywatch Friday - Gardens By The Bay - Flower Dome

The Flower Dome replicates the cool-dry climate of Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world, it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments. Stop and smell the flowers in the colourful changing displays of the Flower Field, which reflects different seasons, festivals and themes. You can read more about the flower dome from its official website

The whole dome is air conditioned and to reduce the amount of energy required in the cooling process, the air in the Flower Dome is de-humidified by liquid desiccant (drying agent) before it is cooled. This desiccant is recycled using the waste heat from the burning of the biomass. You can view the official website to see how the cooling system works.

The flowers displays will change very soon according to their facebook posting. I will post more photos of the plants and flowers in coming posts.

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Gardens By The Bay - Crystal Mountain

Crystal Mountain in the Cloud Forest Conservatory allows visitors to learn from the real stalactites and stalagmites.

Love the many mirrors that reflected the images in all directions.