subject: Royal Botanical Gardens Of Peradeniya - A Plentiful Display Of Greenery [print this page] Located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, the Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya is one of the most frequented tourist attractions in the city of Kandy. Managed by the Division of National Botanic Gardens of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka, Peradeniya Botanical Gardens is best known for its magnificent collection of orchids. The park is also home to an amazing variety of medicinal plants which are used in local Ayurvedic practices. A number of spices are also seen at this park along with a number of aquatic plants and other beautiful blossoming plant varieties.
Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya is one of the best places to spot endemic birds such as the Sri Lankan hanging parrot, the brown-capped babbler and the Ceylon small barbet. Common residents of the park such as kingfishers and woodpeckers can be seen with relative ease while sighting a visitor such as the white bellied fish eagle is a rare occurrence which many have not had the pleasure of experiencing.
More than 80 species of butterflies also call the Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya their home. The sheer amount of flowering plants and the humid atmosphere created by all the greenery within the park makes this an ideal location for butterflies to live and breed. The most commonly sighted butterfly species include the crimson rose, common mormon and the blue mormon. A healthy population of reptiles can also be seen at the park along with a few species of small mammals such as the Sri Lankan flying squirrel and the rusty spotted cat.
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