Biology of Vanda Miss JoaquimThis is the ultimate book on Singapore's national flower. Created as a hybrid in Singapore, by the woman horticulturalist whose name it bears, it was first formally described in 1893 by "Mad" Ridley, of Singapore's Botanic Gardens. Fifty years later it was one of the most famous orchids in the world, grown from Hawai'i to Barbados. Its popularity faltered in the 1950s, but in the 1980s it was selected as a symbol of Singapore. Its role in Singapore's national and horticultural life seems unlikely to diminish. This book is a repository of the relevant scientific, horticultural, and historical knowledge on Singapore's national flower. |
Contents
History | 35 |
Physiology and Development | 67 |
Thermoperiodism | 90 |
Floral Pigments | 96 |
Fruit Development | 112 |
Concluding Remarks | 117 |
Ploidy | 129 |
Breeding with Vanda Miss Joaquim | 137 |
Propagation | 153 |
Cultivating Vanda Miss Joaquim | 179 |
Miss Agnes Joaquim A Singaporean with Armenian Roots | 199 |
The Authors | 225 |
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Common terms and phrases
Agnes Joaquim Akamine alba American Orchid Society Anonymous anther cap Arachnis Aranda Armenian Church auxin Avadhani buds capsule carbon Cattleya cells chromosomes colour cross Cymbidium Dendrobium diploid dorsal sepal emasculation embryo ethylene ethylene evolution Explanation of symbols floral Flower of Singapore flowers of Vanda growers gynostemium haploid Hawaii Hew and Yong Holttum hookeriana Vanda horticultural hybrids of Vanda inflorescence labellum leaf leaves Malayan Orchid Review mature meiosis micropropagation Miss Agnes Joaquim National Flower Orchid biology orchid flowers orchid hybrids Orchid Review Singapore orchid seeds Orchid Society Bulletin Orchidaceae ovary parent Parsick Joaquim petals Phalaenopsis photographs plants Plates 2i pollinia pollinium produced propagation resupination Reviews and perspectives reviews see Arditti Ridley roots seed germination seedlings senescence sepals Singapore Botanic Gardens sources species stem sterilized stomata T. W. Yam Table Teoh terete uptake Vanda hookeriana Vanda Miss Joaquim Vanda sanderiana Vanda teres velamen