Unique gift for your loved ones

THE MOST UNIQUE GIFT FOR YOUR LOVED ONES

I have been hybridizing orchids for sometime now and many have asked me to register an orchid as a unique gift maybe to a spouse, a parent, a sibling or a loved one to commemorate a birthday. The birthday celebration / party will be over at the end of the day but this birthday momento of an orchid registered under the name of the birthday person will be preserved forever. I have even been asked to register an orchid as a memorial to a dearly departed friend or person and again, this person's name will be preserved in the name of an orchid in eternity eg. Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana. The deceased will be gone but his / her registered orchid lives forever and be known worldwide in the orchid circle.

An orchid is registered in the name of a dignitary or head of State visiting Singapore and it is a an honour akin to a knighthood bestored to the visitor. Thus we have Dendrobium Queen Elizebeth .

On my part I have so many named for the reasons stated above.

Phalaenopsis Nanya Chatchom was named as a birthday gift

Dendrobium Helen Lum was named after a friend's wife





Phalaenoposis Eric Simon was named in remembrance of a dearly departed friend

Dendrobium Muhyiddin Yassin was named after the Deputy Prime Minister Malaysia when he officially opened the Hari Peladang in Sungai Siput in 2010

It is a rare honour to have an orchid named after someone you love and nothing can be more unique than this. When I visited The Garden Festival 2006 in Singapore, our Singapore singer, Miss Sun was honoured with a white orchid, Dendrobium Stefanie Sun, a hybrid by the Singapore Botanical Garden. There was a air of importance during the elaborate ceremony during the presentation and it was a proud moment for her as I could see her happily beaming from ear to ear.

In most of my society's activities and shows, I have been the official hybridiser and presenter, naming an orchid after a dignatory. I am very happy and satisfied with this arrangment as I have so many unnamed hybrids of very high show quality and it not only bring honour to the person named but aslo indirectly honour me in the process.

Also one of our society's activity is to teach our members how to select good stud plants for seed propagation and the process of flasking, and growing and eventually naming the orchid after someone. Henceforth, it is what makes orchid growing more passionate and meaningful than just growing it for the sake of growing and collection.