songlim18
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:54 am Post subject: Vanda Miss Joaquim |
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This is our national flower. I read that Singapore is the only nation to have a hybrid as its national flower. A hybrid between Vanda hookeriana and Vanda teres is hardy and free flowering. It is a robust, sun loving plant with slender stems. The first director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens named it after Agnes Joaquim. The plant was the results of a cross made by Miss Joaquim. Out of curiosity, do you have this hybrid in your country?
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: |
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I've never seen this plant before .It is absolutely gorgeous songlim .
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Gorgeous orchid! We can buy Vanda orchids here, I've seen them in the shops now and then. They are very expensive though, and the word is that they're difficult to grow without a greenhouse.
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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my what an absolutely gorgeous flower!!!  We can buy Vanda orchids here too but, like Droopy has found, they are very expensive.
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful flower. Have never tried to grow orchids for that reason...finicky!
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Orchid's hate me I'm afraid. That is a gorgeous bloom!
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Palm Tree
Cape Town
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: |
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That is a glorious looking Vanda.
I do not have any Vandaceous orhids. Only Cymbidium, some Ansellia and Dendrobium and Disa.
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