SPREAD across Penang are many different flowers that are in bloom various times of the year. Boasting a long history of horticulture research that began with the founding of the Penang Botanic Gardens in 1884, the island has presented itself as a platform to safeguard the economic interest of the Colony by providing a test bed for seedlings from different parts of the world to be planted and researched.

Today, as a consequence of this phenomenal movement of plant materials from around the world, Penang has become ‘home’ to many exotic flower species. View gallery below