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See the Siam tulips in full bloom

See the Siam tulips in full bloom

Siam tulips bloom in Pa Hin Ngam National Park. Photo: Karnjana Karnjanatawe

Pa Hin Ngam and Sai Thong national parks in Chaiyaphum are now open for visitors to see the pink flower fields of Siam tulips.

The flower is known as bua sawan and pathumma in the Thai language because the shape of the pinkish bracts of the Siam tulip resembles lotus petals. Although called tulips, the plant shares the same family as turmeric and not tulips. Siam tulips are sometimes also called dok krachiao (Curcuma sessilis), which is a general Thai term for…

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