Plants & Flowers / Halaman & Bulaklak

The tropics belong to the most prolific climes on our globe.

The national flower of the Philippines is the Sampaguita (Jasminum sambac). It symbolizes purity, fidelity, and hope.

The world’s richest diversity of orchid genera and species is in the tropics. Many species are epiphytes, living on trees. The flowers and their pollination mechanisms are highly specialized, attracting insect pollinators by colour, pattern, scent, pheromones, and sometimes by mimicking female insects.