Book ID: 40159
SOON, Teoh Eng
A Joy Forever: Vanda Miss Joaquim: Singapore's National Flower. 1982 (?). approx. 30 colour photographs. 72 p. Cloth.
Discovered in 1893 in a Singapore garden, the natural hybrid named Vanda Miss Joaquim later multiplied into millions of blooms and set the precedence for an island-wide programme of hybridization. This orchidwas chosen as Singapore's national flower on April 15, 1981. Here is a book attempting to put in historical perspective the entire career ofVanda Miss Joaquim up to the present time. Also captured in splendid colour are the parents, clones and various colourful hybrids of Vanda Miss Joaquim, and other notable orchids which have featured in the cultural heritage of the region.