(Necessarily brief. Harping on the same point was counterproductive.)
A tulip extravaganza opening shortly. Tulips Tropicana spitting distance from the Equator.
For some reason the blue tulip could not be managed, but "black parrot" was on the program. Bulbs would be grown and harvested at the Dutch supplier, fourteen odd weeks nurtured, before the stock flown over and delivered to the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay, beside the casino.
Temperature in the Dome 18C/13 overnight, with shades lowered between 11am - 4pm.
Twelve day blooms were expected; the display kept fresh by staggered re-plantings.
Colourful selfies; reassuring for high-rollers over-looking from next door. Learning opportunities for school excursions.
Tulipmania is to run seven weeks, featuring 43 varieties totalling 75,000 stems in all over the course. Windmills, elves & girls in clogs with wickerwork baskets assumed.
Over at the new billion dollar sports stadium there were on-going problems with grass on the pitch. Growing sporting green without aircon in challenging conditions was proving exceedingly difficult. (Not directly relevant and not mentioned in this particular item in the newspaper.)
Straits Times, March 2015
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