GEORGE TOWN: Flower enthusiasts should make a beeline to the Penang Floral Festival 2014, where 800 orchids of various species and hybrids will be on display at Penang Botanic Gardens until June 8.
Event manager Tony Tan, who is also Federation of Malaya Orchid Society vice-president, said this year’s exhibition was a class above the rest in terms of quality.
“Some of the orchids here are collectors’ items. They are rarely brought out from the planters’ homes unless they are for special occasions,” he said yesterday.
Among the crowd-pullers is the Paphiopedilum rothschildianum orchid, which won…
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