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The
Kingdom of Nepal has an abundance
of orchids, some 400 to 500
species. These are in the
wild, as there one very few
collection where you can view
at leisure even a fraction
of the wealth you have just
have to see them in the wild.
The wild orchids found in
the short journey from Kathamndu
to the lowlands of the Royal
Chitwan National Park. Approximately
a third of Nepal's orchids
are on view in this transects.
These orchids are known to
a number of European nurseries
and growers, few fanciers
have had the extraordinary
opportunity to see them in
their natural surroundings
and environment growing as
orchids in the wild.
To see these orchids or as
many as possible in a short
visit we strongly urge you
to make a road safari visit
from Kathmandu through the
marvelous unfolding scenic
vista laid open by the Tribhuvan
rajpath highway, more affectionately
and widely known as the rajpath.
This is the modern road that
parallels the earlier kings
road that was the walking
path linking kathmandu with
the outside world until the
opening of gauhati airport
in April 1949 the motor road
was completed in September
1956 and has experienced several
upgrades in effect you will
be taking a comfortable orchid
safari from Kathmandu to Hetauda
and to Chitwan via the Tribhuban
Rajpath in the wild.
If you wished to see the orchids
of Nepal in collections you
would search in vain. the
wide climactic range(from
temperate to subtopic) precludes
gathering the orchids in a
single establisment. you will
see some of the temperate
orchids in the Godawari Botanic
Garden , in in Kathmandu.
And if you have the time and
connection, in private collection,
there are no official collections
of the subtropical orchids
although we have in part created
one at Hetauda , ( Orchids
Resort) How ever these do
not rival those see in the
wild, as nature created them
where you simply must see
them.
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