The 2017 Taiwan International Orchid Exhibition made its grand debut on the back wall on the 4th.

The 2017 Taiwan International Orchid Exhibition made its grand debut on the back wall on the 4th.

The 2017 Taiwan International Orchid Exhibition will be staged at the Taiwan Orchid Biotechnology Park in the back wall of Tainan City from March 4 to 13. Taiwan International Orchid Exhibition has entered its 13th year, and different themes are planned every year, such as "Bloom" in 2013, "Amazing" in 2014, "The Moment" in 2015 and "Happiness in Tainan Monkey" in 2016. This year, with the theme of "DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE ORCHIDS Tainan Tailan living forever", it innovates and introduces the technology of virtual reality to let the public experience the world of orchids in another way through Cardboard VR. It also plans four major pavilions, namely, "Zhengqi Hall,"Douyan Hall,"Happiness Hall," and "Future Pavilion," so that Tainan, the "capital of orchids," will continue to become the focus of the international flower market, lead coquettish, and reproduce the splendor of Taiwan's Orchid Kingdom.

Mayor Lai Qingde said at a press conference that this year's event is unprecedented and worthy of everyone's visit and appreciation. Please book your tickets as soon as possible. In addition, the Orchid Exhibition actually supports four industries. in addition to the exquisite agriculture that represents orchids, there are also biotechnology industries, cultural and creative industries, and tourism industries, so the contents of the International Orchid Exhibition include not only orchids. It also includes biotechnology and cultural and creative industries. The Tourism and Tourism Bureau also combines the orchid exhibition with the tourism industry, allowing more friends from other counties, cities and foreign countries to come to Tainan for a theme tour of the orchid exhibition.

Mayor Lai Qingde further said that this year is very special. It is sponsored by the Research and Development Foundation of Chenggong University, and it has also set four world records at the same time. First, this year's theme exhibition is the largest and best ever. Second, about 1,000 plants were spent in previous competitions. But this year's competition has as many as 2,000 plants. Third, there are 500 new varieties of orchids this year, which is also a world record. Fourth, so far statistics, the number of domestic registrations is 249. It is up from 79 last year, while the number of foreign registrants was 50 last year and 78 this year.

▲ 2017 Taiwan International Orchid Exhibition made its grand debut in the back wall on the 4th.