A warm up for the Taipei International Flora Expo will take place this weekend, with participants to be taken on a floral tour in Taipei where they will see dozens of sites, each with a different flower theme, city officials said Thursday. The tour will be held in concurrence with the Expo's trial run opening. The Expo, scheduled to open in November, will be one of the biggest international events Taipei has ever hosted. According to Taipei's Department of Cultural Affairs, the Taipei Floral Tour will be launched in 22 cultural or historic attractions all over the city, including the Lin Yutang House, the Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, and the Taipei Cinema Park. Twenty two different kinds of flowers have been chosen for every tour site, according to their symbolic meaning, said a press release issued by the department. For example, the Taipei Cinema Park, which has a coffee garden, will feature 'coffee flowers.' camelias will be the theme flower for the Grass Mountain Artist Village because former first lady Madame Chiang Kai-shek was said to have often rested under a camellia tree near achateau in the village when she and her husband stayed there. People are encouraged to join the tour and collect all the 22 flower stamps at every site in exchange for eight different amulets, the department said. Other plant-themed activities are also scheduled at the various stops on the tour. The Flora Expo, which is set to run from November 6 to April 25, marks the first time such an exposition will be held in Taiwan. 