Tour Description: The tour is a very important part of the Monteverde Orchid Garden. We try to educate the tourist about the wonderful world of orchids. This is a brief description of the bilingual tour we offer.

• The tour lasts between 25 and 40 minutes, depending on the tourist interest, the tour could be extended up to one hour.
  
  
• The garden is divided in three sections.
  
  
• The first section is our great collection of miniature orchids that are very common in the cloud forest, including the smallest orchid in the world.
  
  
• In the second part you will find bigger species, genii like these are very common; Onciduim, Encyclea, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, and others, found in the transition forest between humid and tropical humid.
  
  
• The last section is where we show you the hybrid and introduced orchids. This is to understand and witness the differences between a natural grown orchid and orchids made by cross pollination in labs.
  
  
• We give a brief explanation of where and how we collected our orchids, and as well an explanation about the main characteristics of the orchids that make the unique; three petals, three sepals a column etc. All of the orchids are divided in a taxonomically order into 22 subfamilies.
  
  
• An explanation of the different methods of pollination that orchids have, for example; colors, shapes and smells, because this is a broad topic.
  
  
• An explanation why orchids are endangered.
  
  
• Basic tips, for people who have orchids in their houses. So that they would be healthy and beautiful plants.
  
  
• Information of how we control plagues in the garden, using natural methods for example; pesticides made out of, pepper, garlic, milk, wood and others.