Vanda Miss Joaquim – Our National Flower

Vanda Miss Joaquim – Our National Flower

Vanda Miss Joaquim was chosen as Singapore’s national flower from among 40 other contenders, including some 30 orchids. 
For its resilience and year-round blooming quality, it was chosen on 15 April 1981 to represent Singapore’s uniqueness and hybrid culture. These are characteristics which reflect Singapore’s quest for progress and excellence in all aspects of life.

It is a free flowering plant and each inflorescence can bear up to 12 buds, and usually 4 flower blossom at a time. Each flower measures 5 cm across and 6 cm tall. The petals are twisted such that the back surface faces the front like its parents. The two petals on the top and the top sepal are rosy-violet, while the 2 lateral sepals on the lower half are pale mauve. The large and board lip of the orchid which looks like a fan is colored violet-rose, and merges into a contrasting fiery orange that are finely spotted with dark purple center. Vanda Miss Joaquim is a robust sun loving plant that requires heavy fertilizing, vertical support to enable it to grow straight and tall along with free air movement and high humidity. 

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Visit us at :

Esplanade
8 Raffles Avenue, #02-07, Singapore 039802
Tel: +65 6338 0161
11.30am to 9.00pm

Suntec City Mall
3 Temasek Boulevard, 
West Wing, #02-336,
Singapore 038983
Tel: +65 6338 0926
11.30am to 8.30pm

Capitol Piazza
13 Stamford Road, # B1-13
Singapore 178905
Tel: 6384 6608
11.00am to 9.00pm

 

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