Indoor Orchids Garden @ Changi Airport ~ A Photographer's Paradise

Terminal 2, Departure/Transit Mall

Changi Airport, Singapore

Beautiful arrangement of Vanda varieties in Orchid garden inside Changi International Airport.

When I see orchids wherever I may be, first person that comes to mind is my Mom. You may wonder why incorporate such plant to her? Simply because she loves collecting it (hehehe!). I can still remember that every time we’re on a travel and she saw someone selling orchids or plants in the streets or nursery shops expects that she always have new variety to bring home (ahahaha!). She has lots of breeds in her garden, she basically accumulate it as she admire its beauty extremely. Every day if you can’t find her inside the house, just go to her garden and voila you’ll see her in there, that’s her weakness at some point (ahahaha!). Whew!!! I can still remember her fine pinch in the groin in a sweet way (aawtttsss ~ ahahaha!).

Fluppy and Brent

Balong waiting for our flight to Davao.

Well, enough of the great reminisced chou chou (ahahaha!). As the title suggest, this is about the Orchid Garden in Singapore Changi Airport and not about me (ahahaha!). My apology, I just can’t resist not to mention my mom though as she is the best mother ever and seeing these orchids makes me feel at home. Hmmmm ok I have to admit, am feeling homesick already (ahahaha!).

Assorted orchid plants in the hall ways.

Anyway, there is no doubt that Singapore Changi Airport is undeniably the world’s finest airport in the world and it continues to uphold its position as one of the best. The airport is huge and it boasts three superb Terminals easily accessible via free Sky Train. The airport services offered to its guest is over the top and feels like you are in a first class lounge complete with so many free amenities to indulge with while waiting for your flight somewhere else.

I love the place, the ambiance, and the systematic arrangements of facilities within and if you’re in doubts where to stop over on your next flights then don’t think twice to pick Changi Airport as they offer an excellent service to its transit passenger. There may be some areas in here that required few bucks to experience but I assure you it’s worth every penny. You’ll really not mind the time when you are here as there are lots of leisure and entertainment to indulge in. 

Orchids can be found in most areas in the airport.

One signature trademark of the airport that I love the most is the presence of Nature Trail. Well, Singapore is known internationally as a Garden City and you can witness it in firsthand in their world class airport. It’s a series of themed indoor and outdoor gardens located in various terminals which makes this showground distinct from anywhere else. There are 6 themed garden actually and I already featured the most notable one the ‘Butterfly Garden’ which is considered as the world’s first butterfly park in an airport. If you have time to catch the stunning beauty of such winged creature then just go to Terminal 3 near the Departure Lounge and Transit Mall and voila you’ll see the farm-breed butterfly habitat.

I supposed to compile all the gardens that the airport have but I decided to feature ‘orchid garden’ separately as there are so my distinct and conspicuous varieties in here that is worth sharing. Besides, we took a lot of shots during our stay and it’s quite hard not to post it though (hehehe!). It’s a haven for photographers as profusion of colors that is gratifying to the eyes can be viewed in here.

Orchid Garden is located in Terminal 2, Departure Hall in Level 2. This is the first garden we’ve seen right after clearing ourselves in immigration on our way back to Davao via Philippine Airlines. We pause here right away as there are available benches slash bridge for visitors to sit on. We were quite tired of the long travel from our hotel to here, but seeing such garden helps rejuvenates our lost energy.

Actually, orchids is the most widespread flower you’ll see wherever you are in the airport. In our first day here in Singapore, just right after we disembark in the plane from the Philippines, beautiful lined up of these lovely plants greeted us right away. When we went to the carousel area to get our baggage; as usual, wide array of orchids can be seen in here too. In fact, you’ll find it commonly in the hallway, stores, restaurants, pathways, prayer rooms, lounges and even inside the comfort room. And you know what? I’d rather called this as Changi Orchid Airport because of the extensive presence of such plant though (lav it ~ hehehe!).

Orchid garden was very nicely laid out in terms of display of the orchids. Each has its own corners with detailed information about each species. They have breeds like:

The dendrobiums:

The vandas:

The moth orchids

The oncidiums

They are good in replicating the habitat as you’ll see a number of them displayed in a natural setting of rocks and cascading from aged drift wood in a lush tropical landscape. What a stunning rainbow of colors, really. The timber bridge that passed through the pond is an attraction in itself as you can observe from here colorful groups of koi too, freely swimming to a semi-natural fishpond.

I guess the best way to enjoy the place is to buy some finger foods in the nearby restaurants and bring it in here. The ambiance is really inviting as you’re in the midst of beautiful landscape while savoring the taste of the food you bought.

I was searching for Vanda Miss Joaquim which is named as the national flower of Singapore but the staff said that it is seasonal and you can witness it if you have time in the National Orchid Garden inside of the Singapore’s Botanical Garden in Cluny Road which is as well considered as the largest display of tropical orchids in the world.

There is even a Dendrobium Changi Airport, a special orchid hybrid cross between Dendrobium Singa Mas and Dendrobium Sri Siam to commemorate the opening of Orchid Garden in Terminal 2.

Personally, it was one awesome place to enjoy while waiting for your flight. It’s a botanical garden within an airport, an intricate and stunning beauty to explore.

The border of free internet stations are made of pots full of orchids.

Preserved souvenir items made from orchids petals.

So there you go, have a great day and night everyone.

Cheerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsss!!!

Enan signing off.

SMILE :)

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