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Yesterday our office was filled with a pleasant sweet scent of bunches of Aeridachnis Bogor ‘Apple Blossoms’. This hybrid of (Arachnis hookeriana x Aerides odorata) and was registered by Rev.M.Yamada on the 1st January, 1967 and had a shortlived period in the export history of Singapore. These flowers was initially exported to Australia for the [...]

(Species) We house a varieties of colours for this vanda in low quantities. From light green, to yellow to brown. This vanda has a thick jasmine fragrance that can get very strong in hot afternoons. Its flowers last for longer periods if placed indoors than outdoors as its fragrance frequently attract pollinating insects/pest.

(Unknown) This hybrid has wafts of sweet perfume fragrance.

(Unknown) This hybrid has a gentle fragrant that is dominant in the early morning.

(Aranda Lucy Laycock x Vanda tesellata) This hybrid was registered by Yeoh Bok Choon on 1st January, 1966. Aranda Peng-Lee Yeoh has a distinct vanilla fragrant that children frequently recognize this flower to be ‘chocolate orchid’.

(Arachnis hookeriana x Vanda suavis) This hybrid was registered by the Singapore Botanical Gardens on the first of January, 1946. This hybrid is the original hybrid that has a slight fragrance. Over the past few decades this hybrid has been further improved by growers who grow it for the export market by obtaining the more [...]