"Myanmar's largest orchid garden will open in Pyin Oo Lwin township, northern part of the country, in December after two years of building...
4.95-acre (2 hectare) orchid garden is located in the... National Kandawkyi Garden (NKG) in the township in Mandalay division and will showcase 304 kinds of domestic orchids as well as foreign ones imported from Australia, Vietnam, China and Thailand... Aimed at promoting tourism, a huge floriculture show was held in the NKG in December last year. The show was attached with a festival marking the diamond jubilee of the NKG. The festival was the first in the NKG's history since it was established in 1915 as a botanical garden. The NKG was later expanded... reaching 177 hectares in 2000 which comprises lake, natural forest... Statistics show that about 400,000 people have visited the NKG annually since it was reopened in 2001. Pyin Oo Lwin... 69 kilometers east of the second largest city of Mandalay and at over 1,000 meters above sea-level, enjoys cool... weather all year round." URL : http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/28/content_7159946.htm ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
