The Bogor Botanic Garden was a big research garden that had the area reached 80 Ha and had approximately 15,000 kinds and plants of the tree collection. The location of this garden was in the middle of the Bogor City, Indonesia.

Around the Bogor Botanic Garden spread the scientific centers that is the Bogoriense Herbarium, Zoology Museum, and the Institute of Pertanian Bogor (Institute of Bogor Agriculture). Seen from the side of the scientific activity and the many number of his plants collections, the Bogor Botanic Garden was recorded as the best botany garden no. 1 in South-East Asia and no. 6 in the world.

The Bangkai Flower (Amorphophalus Titanum) was one of the crops that became the main attraction in this Bogor Botanic Garden, that was buried during 1992 and came from the Muara Aimat, Jambi, the Sumatra Island. The flower colors were the blend between violet, yellow, blood red, and green yellowish, this made the flower seen beautiful. The Bangkai Flower was the biggest compound interest in the world of plants and high this flower could reach 2 meters. This flower will dismiss the carcass smell that stink when blossoming. The Bangkai Flower including rare, so as this crop including one of the crops that was protected and grown.

Moreover, still many others the interesting object that could be found in the Bogor Botanic Garden. The monument Lady Olivia Marianne Raffles was a monument that was made as the sign of respect to Lady Olivia Marianne Raffles (the wife of the Governor-general Thomas Stamford Raffles) on his service. The Victorian pond in a heterogenous manner his water plants. That was most special from the water plants was the giant's water lily or Victoria Amazonica that came from the Amazon region, Brazil. Gotten a house that was built during 1884, previously this house was the director's house of the Bogor Botanic Garden that now changes function to become the boarding house that was hired out for the guest.

The Bogor Botanic Garden initially was a part of “Samida” (the artificial forest or the artificial garden) that at least was in the government's Prabu Siliwangi time (1474-1513) from the Pajajaran Kingdom. This in reinforced by the article that was gotten in the Batutulis Inscription. At the beginning of the 1800 's, the Governor General Thomas Stamford Raffles, a person who had the big interest in botany, was interested developing the page of the Bogor Palace into a pretty garden. With help of the other botany experts, Raffles conjured up the page of the palace to the stylish English garden classic. This early of the beginning of the Bogor Botanic Garden in the form of it now.

The founding of the Bogor Botanic Garden could be said as early of the development of science in Indonesia. From here was born several other science institutions, that is Bibliotheca Bogoriensis (1842), The Bogoriense Herbarium (1844), The Cibodas Botanic Garden (1860), The Treub Laboratory (1884), and The Museum and Zoologi Laboratory (1894).

To facilitate the visitor enjoyed the Bogor Botanic Garden that was wide, during 1997 was published the guide's book for the visitor. At this time the Bogor Botanic Garden busy was visited as the tourist attraction, especially on Saturday and on Sunday. This garden was opened every day from 8 o'clock during the day to 5 o'clock in the afternoon with the price of the ticket Rp.5000. To enter the Zoologi Museum, the visitor must pay the additional ticket of Rp 1,000/the person. Whereas the visitor who wanted to enter the Orchid House (that collected plenty of orchid crops) must pay the additional ticket of Rp 2,000/the person. In this Bogor Botanic Garden then was gotten by the tourist guide who could speak England, Netherlands, Germany, or Japan. (hen)