Saturday, 16 May 2009
Vanda Miss Joaquim
National Flower of SingaporeVanda Miss Joaquim
This orchid, a hybrid between Vanda hookeriana and Vanda teres is hardy and free flowering. Described by the first director of the
Singapore Botanic Gardens Mr H.N. Ridley in 1893,
this was the first orchid hybrid to be described from Singapore.
Ridley named the plant after Agnes Joaquim in whose garden the hybrid orginated.
It was selected to be the
National Flower of Singapore in 1981.
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