I am a huge fan of flowers. So, when we made an unscheduled stop at Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I knew I was in for some good times. I did the butterfly post separately. It is now time to do the orchid post.
As I said in the butterfly post too, Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm is a small place but it is beautiful and well maintained. They also have a well appointed souvenir shop which features what else but orchids based jewellery!
Our guide Aroon explained things about the orchids but I knew we had a short stop and I wanted the pictures first. I am now wondering if that was a very good idea. You see, I have the pictures but I know very little about orchids! So the post is mostly about putting in the pretty pictures I clicked!
As Thailand is my most visited country (it is a tie with UK, 5 times each) after the first two trips, I actually started looking forward to the trips because I knew I would be feasting on orchids. They are such a part of the decoration in hotels, shops, restaurants and homes!
The tryst starts right at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport as the place is full of beautiful orchids. If I go to Thailand again, I would surely click the variety found at the airport itself and do a post on it. It is one of the best ways to spend time too, unless you would rather shop!
All I picked up about the flowers is that some of the species are native to the land and others hybrid. Most I believe (but I don’t vouch) are hybrids that I saw. But native or hybrid, they added so much cheer to my day!
The Bai Orchid and Butterfly farm very prominently displays a sign which says you would be fined 2000 baht if you pluck the flowers! That would be around 4000 Indian rupees!
Given a free hand I could have easily spent an hour at the place, but that is because I like to click pictures. If you wish to see and click just a few pictures 40 minutes or less might be enough. I got about 30 minutes to spend admiring the beautiful orchids.
I on the other hand wanted to click every flower growing out there. 30 minutes for that are way too less. I failed miserably.
The flowers are arranged in neat rows. The place had only a few visitors when I went there. They have a nice restaurant within the premises.
I sign off this post with this gorgeous bunch. And even though there are many more stories from Thailand that I need to share, come Wednesday and I should be off to Goa!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!
Thank you so much Lady Fi.
Beautiful pictures.. yes I remember anywhere I went in Thailand we saw beautiful Orchids… and these here are some of the prettiest orchids I have ever seen..
I started noticing orchids because of the trips to Thailand 😀
Gorgeous photos! Saw some beautiful wild orchids in Borneo, shall post those photos soon!
Looking forward to it Chaitali.
stunning… and super super awesome 🙂
Thank you Archana.
Superb!!! so vibrant and colourful!
Thank you Maniparna.
So vibrant flowers ,Thanks for sharing..!
Thank you for stopping by.
colourful post !
Thank you Mahesh.
Fantastic blooms, Mridula! I’m a big flower fan too, and I’ve been wondering why we get only purple orchids in India when there are so many varieties?
Antonia I am not sure, I think orchids anyway grow only in North East in India but I might be wrong.
Truly awesome photos
Thank you Rupam.
just amazing and beautifully captured
Thank you so much.
Amazing Photos of the Flowers of the garden… So soothing to the eyes and mind…. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by. I am so fond of flowers!
Such beauties! <3 Great clicks. 🙂
Thank you Ami.
Wah ji Wah.. Thank you.
Thank you Tushar.
I have fallen in love with this post! 🙂
Thank you Indrani.
What beautifully captured Very nice one…….
Thank you.
Loved all of them….
Thank you so much Santosh.