Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 28 February, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

Flowers from the genetically modified orchid display (picture from Council of Agriculture)
The 15th Taiwan International Orchid Show is set to open on Saturday in Tainan. The show is one of the top three orchid shows in the industry, attracting as many as 250,000 people.

Taiwan is one of the world’s major orchid producers and is known as the Orchid Kingdom. From January to September 2018, Taiwan exported US$140 million in orchids. The main destinations for those exports are the US, Japan, Vietnam and Holland.

This year’s theme is Orchid Land. The show will be held at the Tainan Orchid Plantation Park through March 11.    [FULL  STORY]