After almost two hours walking in the hot sun, it was a big relief to enter the indoor Floral Pavilion for some air-conditioning comfort!
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But first, I took some photos of the garden outside the Floral Pavilion.
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Very colorful, no?
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The floral 'tunnel' entrance into the Floral Pavilion.
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The Floral Pavilion showcased a wide assortment of exquisite flower species featured in softscape and hardscape designs by both local and foreign participants.
The first attraction I looked at was the Wall Decoration.
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Below is a wall decoration from Indonesia which won the Silver award.
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This won the Bronze award. If not mistaken, I think it's the work of a Malaysian.
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This one was from Korea which won the Gold award.
![photo P1230151_zps34c4ce59.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230151_zps34c4ce59.jpg)
This entry from Malaysia won the Special Jury Pavilion Award.
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Next, I walked over to the Water Feature Garden attraction. Below are pictures from those who won awards. I did not record down the winners' names and from which country they came from, unfortunately.
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Another attraction was Event Decoration - Dining Setting.
This one from Malaysia won the Gold Award.
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Another Malaysian entry but did not win any awards.
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This entry from the Philippines won the Silver Award.
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An entry from Shangri-la Putrajaya won the Bronze award.
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Another category is Event Decoration - Pelamin. The one below from Malaysia won the Bronze award.
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This entry also from Malaysia won the Merit Award.
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Do you like it?
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Another attraction was Potted Dish Garden.
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I was not particularly impressed except for this one. Thought it was very creative to use those spoons!
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Next to the Potted Dish Garden was the Body Flower category whereby mannequins were dressed up in flowers.
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This one won the Silver award.
![photo P1230189_zps0fbaaa4c.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230189_zps0fbaaa4c.jpg)
Whereas this one below won the Gold. Forgot to note down which countries the participants were from.
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In the centre of the Floral Pavilion hall, I saw something interesting. There was a 'bridge' structure filled with orchids on the sides leading towards 3 mascots on a 'flying carpet'!
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The 3 mascots on a flying carpet.
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Walking past the flying carpet was the Dolphin Sea World.
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I like it! Besides the dolphins, there were lots of underwater fishes and other sea creatures together with underwater plants.
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More photos below ....
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Cute octopus!
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Plants and fishes
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Next to Dolphin Sea World was my favorite - Panda World!
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There were two giant pandas here! This is one of them.
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The panda could move! As you can see, it had turned its head. I should have taken a video of this moving panda!
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This is the other panda on the other side with the giant globe on top.
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Didn't quite like that red lights shining onto the panda's face. Spoilt my photo! LOL!
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This panda could also move. As you can see it had turned its head : )
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Next, I continued with another attraction - Floral Art.
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Here are some of the more beautiful ones. Which one you like best?
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Beautiful.
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This one looks pretty interesting.
![photo P1230246_zps7333f67f.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230246_zps7333f67f.jpg)
Close shot.
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Nice.
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Since the theme for this year's Putrajaya Floria is 'Orchid - Tropical Treasure', there was a showcase of orchid displays by orchid societies from around the world.
Philippines
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Indonesia
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Myanmar
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Australia
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Could not resist taking a closer shot of this cute koala bear with the baby koala!
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China
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South Africa
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Taiwan
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Thailand
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I think I missed out on Singapore and Italy since there were quite a number of people posing for photos there. No patience to wait for them!
Next, I walked over to the floral displays by associations and schools.
I really like this one by the Malaysian Council For Rehabilitation & Abilympics. Very creative!!
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Look at these pretty flowers in egg shells!
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Flowery socks and creative use of twigs and branches for the wheel!
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More photos ...
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Love this socks!
![photo P1230295_zpsbcf8255f.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230295_zpsbcf8255f.jpg)
Creative use of the brush to symbolise a person holding a placard.
![photo P1230289_zps17c4c1e6.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230289_zps17c4c1e6.jpg)
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Top marks to the Malaysian Council For Rehabilitation & Abilympics!
This is a giant bird image built from flowers by the International Heliconia Society.
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Not sure what to make up of this design by the World Flower Design Center.
![photo P1230305_zpse47c1ffc.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230305_zpse47c1ffc.jpg)
Finally, there's a section on International Floral Design. I did not take pictures of them all, just two that impressed me.
This is floral design from Korea.
![photo P1230301_zps27ba25ff.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230301_zps27ba25ff.jpg)
And this one by Kenya.
![photo P1230306_zpsda8bc915.jpg](http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac228/jesselton88/Miscellaneous%202/P1230306_zpsda8bc915.jpg)
All in all, the exhibition on flowers and floral designs at this indoor Floral Pavilion was pretty interesting. I have no regrets visiting Putrajaya Floria 2013 - the trip was worth it.
So anyone going Putrajaya Floria 2014 next year? : )