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Vanda Miss Joaquim
The national flower of Singapore, and her family
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Vanda Miss Joaquim 'Agnes'
National Flower of Singapore
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One early morning in 1893, a Singapore-born Armenian lady, Miss Agnes Joaquim, was loitering alone in her garden. She chanced upon a new orchid flower nestled in a clump of bamboo. Its lacerated lips and delicate mauve petals made it stand out from other Vandas in her garden. As a horticulturist, Miss Joaquim knew that it could be a new species. She took it to the Director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Henry Ridley. Indeed, it was found to be a new orchid - a hybrid between Vanda hookerana and Vanda teres. It was also the world's first known natural orchid hybrid. the orchid was then named after her.
Vanda Miss Joaquim claimed the prize for being the rarest orchid in the 1899 Flower Show.
It came to shine again in 1981 when it was chosen as national flower. Born and bred in Singapore, its long association and economic contribution to Singapore has made Vanda Miss Joaquim truly deserving of this honour.
In March 2016, Vanda Miss Joaquim was, however, officially recognized as an artificial hybrid bred by Miss Joaquim. |
The Genus: Papilionanthe (abbreviated Ple.)
Vanda Miss Joaquim is in a group of vandas characterized by its distinctive cylindrical terete leaves (like a pencil) and, supported by its aerial roots, climbing growth habit. This group of vandas was separated from the genus Vanda in 1980's and regrouped under a new genus, Papilionanthe. However, horticulturally, terete vandas are still considered to be vandas.
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Aerial roots
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Climbing growth habit
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The Parentage
Seed parent: Papilionanthe teres, also known as Vanda teres. Found in most part of Mainland SEA.
Pollen parent: Papilionanthe hookeriana, more commonly known as Vanda hookeriana. Because it inhabits the swampy country in the Kinta Valley of Perak (Malay Peninsula), it is also known as "the Kinta Weed".
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Cultivars of Vanda Miss Joaquim
Encouraged by the success of Vanda Miss Joaquim, many breeders repeated the same crossing and produced many remarkable cultivars such as Vanda Miss Joaquim 'Douglas' and Vanda Miss Joaquim 'Josephine'.
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Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim 'Josephine'
Ple. hookeriana x Ple. teres
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Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim 'Douglas'
Ple. teres x Ple. hookeriana
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Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim 'John Laycock'
Ple. teres 'alba' x ple. hookeriana 'alba'
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Hybrids related to Vanda Miss Joaquim
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Reg'd: 1903
Papilionanthe Marguerite Maron
Ple. teres x V. suavis
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Reg'd: 1948
Papilionanthe Poepoe 'Diana'
Ple. teres 'alba' x V. White Wing |
Papilionanthe Mandai Gardens
Ple. Tricuspidata x Ple. teres
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Papilionanthe Amy
Ple. hookeriana x Ple. tricuspidata
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Papilisia Elody Pang Hsien Teng
Papi Lutifa Zahran x Ple. hookeriana |
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Papilionanthe Eva Summer
V. luzonica x Ple. Miss Joaquim
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Vanda MME Dinger 'Profusion'
V. tricolor x Ple. Miss Joaquim
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Papilionanthe Noora Alsagoff
Ple. Miss Joaquim x Ple. pedunculata
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Reg'd: 1948
Papilionanda John Clubb
Ple. Cooperi x Ple. Tesselata
[Ple. hookeriana: 37.5%, Ple. teres: 12.5%]
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Reg'd: 1951
Papilionanthe Ruby Prince
Ple. Ruby x Ple. Cooperi
[Ple. hookeriana: 62.5%, Ple. teres: 12.5%] |
Reg'd: 1950
Papilionanthe Prolific
Ple. Nam Kee x Ple. Alan Hirano
[Ple. hookeriana: 50%, Ple. teres: 37.5%] |
Papilionanda Tan Chay Yan
V. Dearei x Pda. Josephine Van Brero
[Ple. teres: 25%]
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Papilionanda TMA
Pda. Josephine Van Brero x V. sanderiana
[Ple. teres: 25%] |
Papilionanthe Roberta Chun
Ple Madame Dinger x V. sanderiana
[Ple. hookeriana: 12.5%, Ple. teres: 12.5%] |
Parents of Ple. Miss Joaquim's related hybrids
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Vanda tricolor
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Vanda luzonica
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