Why would I choose to visit Sri Lanka now, during rainy season? he asked me. I didn’t have a good answer. The Royal Botanic Gardens was ... fragrant with flowers and ringing with the rhythm ...

A new orchid species found only in Sri ... flowers and those preserved in alcohol to confirm their taxonomic identity. Specimens of the new plants have been deposited with the Royal Botanical ...

"For comparison, it would have looked similar to a modern luxury resort with beautiful gardens and swimming pools," said Sumedha Chandradasa, a tour guide lecturer in Sri Lanka for more than 24 years.

There were peacocks in glossy-leaved Indian almond trees in the garden ... sense that the two aquatic flowers — in a nice symmetry, the waterlily is Sri Lanka’s national flower, while the ...