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Vanda
tricuspidata
This is an extremely rare species and
not much documented information can be
found only a handful of short description
from literature. We have manage to acquire
this specie and this is the true specie
compare to those listed as tricuspidata
because it is often confused with a hybrid
called Vanda Amy which is the only hybrid
made from Vanda tricuspidata with hookeriana.
The terete leaves also have a distinctive
kink (constriction) near the tip of the
sharp pointed leaf.
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Vanda
Amy
This rare hybrid is often mistaken for
the specie tricuspidata. It is a hybrid
between Vanda tricuspidata and hookeriana.
Vanda Amy has flower shape similar to
Vanda tricuspidata but the hybrid lip
is much bigger and rounder due to the
influence of Vanda hookeriana. The lip
is also cupped shaped (concave) with 3
pointed tip. Currently it is still a very
rare hybrid due to its much rarer parent
Vanda tricuspidata.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim "Agnes"
This famous hybrid is the national flower
of Singapore. Vanda Miss Joaquim is
a hybrid between Vanda teres and Vanda
hookeriana. It was named in honour of
its discoverer Miss Agnes Joaquim (1893).
It is a very free flowering robust plant
when given very high light. The variety
Agnes is the original strain derives
from the discovery.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim
"Josephine"
This is a remake of Vanda Miss Joaquim
by John Laycock in Singapore (1933). This
remake cross was between Vanda teres var.
Aurorea and Vanda hookeriana var. Alba.
It was named var. Josephine after a grandniece
of Miss Agnes Joaquim by Holttum. This
rare hybrid has pretty much disappeared
in cultivation and only exists in a handful
at private collections.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim
"Rose Marie"
This is another remake of Vanda Miss Joaquim
by C.A Chevalier in Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia
(1937). This remake cross was between
Vanda teres var. Alba and Vanda hookeriana.
The Singapore Botanical Garden also repeated
this cross in 1945. This rare hybrid also
has pretty much disappeared in cultivation
and only exists in a handful at private
collections.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim
"Atherton"
This variety originates from Hawaii and
has a deeper intense color than the common
Vanda Miss Joaquim. It is also very free
flowering and long lasting. It is now
quite rare in many collections.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim
"Douglas"
This variety is the tetraploid form
of Atherton. The overall appearance
looks the same as Atherton, except the
size of the flower is twice the size
of Atherton and is much deeper in color.
It was reported to be a good breeder
and also quite hard to come by.
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Vanda
Miss Joaquim
"Peloric"
This is a rare varietal occurrence and
probably the first ever reported for terete
Vandas. It is a peloric mutation from
the variety Atherton. Pelorism is a mutation
whereby either the lip is replaced by
an extra petal OR both petals are replace
by 2 extra lips. These mutations give
unusual forms that are welcome and highly
prized by many collectors.
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Vanda
Cooperi "White Wing"
This “White
Wing” variety is a special white
flower form that originated from a colored
populations from the cross between Vanda
Miss Joaquim var. Josephine and Vanda
hookeriana var. Alba. This was because
of Vanda Miss Joaquim var. Josephine that
was use, which also had Vanda hookeriana
var. Alba in its background. Consequently
this hybrid Vanda Cooperi var. White Wing
was crossed with Vanda teres var. Alba
which produced Vanda Poepoe var. Diana.
Vanda Cooperi can be distinguished by
its cupped (concave) shaped lip and its
sharp pointed constricted terete leaves,
influenced by Vanda hookeriana.
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Vanda
Poepoe "Diana"
This is a robust free flowering terete
Vanda with pure white flower, similar
to Vanda Miss Joaquim. The flower has
very nice form and clean white color and
is bigger than Vanda Miss Joaquim. It
is sometime confused to be the albino
form of Vanda Miss Joaquim. But it is
a hybrid between Vanda teres var. Alba
and Vanda Cooperi var. White Wing and
both parents are white (Alba) which resulted
in a population of crystalline white terete
Vanda. Vanda Poepoe var. Diana can be
distinguished by its broad flat lip (sometime
folding downwards) and bluntly pointed
terete leaves with no constriction.
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