20 15 On July 4th, the 39th World Cultural Heritage Committee announced that Singapore Botanical Garden was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO. Singapore Botanical Garden is the first and only tropical botanical garden listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.
20 15 On August 7th, Singapore Botanical Garden held a grand unveiling ceremony, which marked that the Botanical Garden officially became a world cultural heritage. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the "World Cultural Heritage" plaque at the Botanical Garden.
In addition, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong presided over the promotion ceremony of the new Hu Jihua variety "Singapore Hsi Chin Wandilan". Hsi Chin Vandillan is a new variety, which took five years to cultivate.
Chen Weimin, assistant director of the National Ji Hu Garden and Horticultural Exhibition and Activities, said: "This Hsi Chin Bandai Orchid is actually a descendant of the national flower Bandai Orchid in Jin Zhuo. It also inherits the toughness and luxuriant growth habits of Vanilla in Jin Zhuo, and is very suitable for planting in tropical countries. Another feature of it is that it blooms more than Jinzhuo Bandai Orchid, and the flowers are bigger than Jinzhuo Bandai Orchid, which symbolizes the progress and development of Singapore in just 50 years. " Singapore Botanical Garden has more than 20,000 kinds of subtropical and tropical plants, including tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, palms, bamboo gardening flowers, aquatic plants, swamp plants, parasitic plants and desert plants, including many endangered species.
About 750,000 plant specimens have been collected in the Botanical Garden Herbarium, mainly from Daxueshan area (Thailand Peninsula, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea) and neighboring areas (East Asia, Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific). Specimens from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia can be traced back to the 1980s. Herbarium uses plant research and specimen management system to collect and summarize data.
In 200 1 year, Singapore Botanical Garden was designated as the international registration management center of Curcuma by the International Horticultural Association. Singapore Botanical Garden provides a series of travel plans, lectures and workplaces for nature lovers, environmentalists and botanists. Botanical Gardens provide outdoor experience education programs for schools and other institutions, and help children build trust, strengthen independence and understand the rich and diverse natural world through experiential learning.