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March 2014 59 usually grow upon other plants, but in a nonparasitic manner, requiring little substrate and perfectly adapted for growing on vertical walls. Singapore's parks and gardens sends discarded plant matter to a biomass furnace to provide energy to cool the air in both conservatories. Heritage Gardens—Four Horticultural Treasures How did the indigenous Malays live in precolonial Singapore? Why did the British chose Singapore as a trading port? What is the connection between literature and poetry in China, or religion and reflection in India? These and other questions are answered in the Heritage Gardens, four themed gardens: Chinese, Malay, Indian and Colonial. The gardens take you through the history and culture of Singapore's three main ethnic Above Cloud Forest, reputedly, has the world's tallest indoor waterfalls, which are lit at night. PHOTO: CrAIG SHEPPArD Top Left & Bottom Left Cloud Forest, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (the gardens and landscapes inside were a collaboration between Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects), is a cooled, misty conservatory with a 35-meter tall mountain featuring nine zones of tropical highlands flora (up to 2,000-metres elevation). The mountain is densely planted with a mixture of orchids, delicate ferns, a dazzling variety of colorful bromeliads and begonias, which are all epiphytic—meaning they normally grow upon other plants, but not in a parasitic manner. These plants require little substrate and are perfectly adapted for growing on walls. Visitors ascend to the mountaintop in a lift, and descend via two "walkways in the clouds" for an aerial view of the canopy and mountainsides. PHOTO: CrAIG SHEPPArD 50-63.indd 59 2/26/14 4:52 PM