Sticky in Chennai

These tall stalks are orchids. I had never seen anything like them.  But I had never been to such an orchid garden either.  It was heavenly and magical to see so many varieties and hybrids of these strange, creepy beautiful flowers that often look like they are staring at you intently, sometimes in a sinister way.  The orchid garden at the botanic garden of Singapore was small in size compared to similar gardens in other major cities but the aesthetic beauty of this one was other worldly, maybe because I have never been in such a garden on such scale in a prosperous country in a tropical climate.  By the end of the day on our return to Chennai I almost felt that the gardens were a dream.