[OGD] World Orchid Conference in November 2011

"the 20th World Orchid Conference (WOC) takes place in Singapore in 
November, the eight-day event is expected to draw at least 300,000 visitors...

Scoring this year's WOC, which is held every three years, is a coup for 
Singapore, the only Asian city to host the event a second time... the last 
time was 48 years ago.

"We're trying to give it wider appeal to reach people other than orchid 
enthusiasts," explains Terri Oh, of Singapore's National Parks Board, which 
- with the Orchid Society of South East Asia - is organising the WOC.
...
Taking place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre between 
November 13 and 20, the WOC promises a spectacular array of orchid displays 
with the finest and rarest species as well as exotic hybrids from around 
the world, including a homegrown hybrid... Renanthera 20th WOC Singapore 2011.
...
"With our rich orchid heritage, it is apt for us to host the 20th World 
Orchid Conference..." organising committee chairman Kiat W. Tan said...

"Hosting our first WOC in 1963 proved to be a huge stimulus for Singapore's 
economy and for the local orchid industry then.
Today, it is an opportunity for us not only to showcase our rich orchid 
heritage and expertise..." said... Tan...

The World Orchid Show... will feature about 50,000 orchid plants.
...
The displays of orchid species and hybrids by exhibitors from 23 countries...
the blooms will be judged by... 200 international experts...

The formal part of the conference features lectures, workshops and seminars 
by more than 130 orchid experts from 31 countries. Covering the latest 
trends, technology and scientific discoveries in the orchid world, it is 
expected to attract some 1000 delegates and, despite an emphasis on the 
scientific, the organisers are promising enough to satisfy hobby growers, too.

...
at the WOC's marketplace visitors will be able to buy orchid plants and 
orchid-related products.
...
Singapore has long been associated with orchids and in 1981, Vanda Miss 
Joaquim was chosen as the country's national flower.
Singapore is believed to be the only nation in the world to have chosen a 
hybrid as its national flower.
But as the first registered plant hybrid from Singapore, it was deemed most 
appropriate.

A hybrid between Vanda hookeriana and Vanda teres, Vanda Miss Joaquim was 
first described in 1893 by the director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, 
Henry Ridley.
He named it after Agnes Joaquim, who discovered it in her garden.

Ridley wrote that the plant was the result of a cross made by Miss Joaquim 
but subsequent writers have suggested it was a natural hybrid and she 
merely found it.

Since 1928, the [Singapore] botanic gardens have been an important 
orchid-breeding centre, with new hybrids often named in honour of visiting 
VIPs.

A selection of 3000 species and hybrids is on display year-round at the 
National Orchid Garden in the Singapore Botanic Gardens complex."

URL : http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/171089/singapore-fling

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