Vanda Miss Joaquim flower

Vanda Miss Joaquim

Vanda Miss Joaquim (Simplified Chinese: 卓锦万黛兰; Pinyin: zhuójǐn wàndàilán), a hybrid orchid cultivar, is Singapore's national flower. Image File history File linksMetadata VandaMissJoaquim. ... Image File history File linksMetadata VandaMissJoaquim. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 227 KB) From: Digital-picture-gallery. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 227 KB) From: Digital-picture-gallery. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... A national emblem is a symbol that represents a nation. ...

History

Vanda Miss Joaquim is a natural hybrid between Vanda teres and Vanda hookeriana and was first discovered in the garden of Agnes Joaquim in 1893. It was described in the same year by Henry N. Ridley, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens at the time. Binomial name Rchb. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Symphony Lake at Singapore Botanic Gardens Music was played at this gazebo, known as the Bandstand, in the Singapore Botanic Gardens in the 1860s. ...

Significance

On April 15, 1981, the Minister of Culture, S. Dhanabalan, announced that as part of an overall effort to foster national pride and identity Vanda Miss Joaquim was chosen from amongst 40 other flowers (including some 30 orchids) as Singapore's national flower. The ability of Vanda Miss Joaquim's to bloom throughout the year was considered to reflect Singapore's continuous quest for progress and excellence in all aspects of life, and its natural resilience which is reflected the determination of the Singaporean people to stand fast through difficult times. is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... According to one particularly persistent rumor, at a pre-Cabinet meeting in 1990 an enraged Lee Hsien Loong first insulted Minister for Finance Richard Hu and then physically slapped Minister for National Development S. Dhanabalan when he sided with Hu and demanded an apology. ...

Features

A strong inflorescence of Vanda Miss Joaquim may carry up to 12 buds, usually with four flowers open at a time. Each flower is about 5 cm across and 6 cm tall, and as is the case with its parents, the petals are twisted around so that the back surface faces front. The two petals and the top sepal are rosy-violet, and the lateral sepals are a pale mauve. The lip is very large and broad and the middle lobe extends out loke a fan. It is coloured violet- rose, merging into a contrasting fiery orange at the centre. Over the orange patch, the lip is finely spotted with dark purple. It is free-flowering. It has been suggested that Corolla be merged into this article or section. ... Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... Fan may refer to the following: Fan (aficionado) (the bracketed word being the Spanish translation), someone who has an intense liking of a sporting. ...

Growing

Vanda Miss Joaquim requires full sunlight, free air movement, high humidity and heavy fertilising to achieve optimum growth and flowering. It needs support to grow straight and tall but it flowers only when the top of its stem rises above the support. It is a robust, sun loving plant with slender stems best grown in beds against post supports. Prism splitting light High Resolution Solar Spectrum Sunlight in the broad sense is the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Trivia

Unlike most countries whose national flowers are found beyond their national boundaries, Singapore has the distinction of being the only nation to have a hybrid as its national flower and whose distribution was confined to Singapore's boundaries.

See also

• Vanda for more information about Vanda orchids

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Bibliography

• Biology of Vanda Miss Joaquim by Choy Sin Hew (PhD., retired Professor of Botany, National University of Singapore), Tim Wing Yam (PhD., Singapore Botanic Gardens) and Joseph Arditti (PhD., Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine).

External links

• Singapore Infomap - Information on the National Flower of Singapore
• National Parks Board