Another of his Vanda tan chay yan in bloom and for sale.
Monday, June 4, 2012
The legend comes of age
Last week I also found time to visit Koh Keng Hoe Nursery after reading about his closing down sale. Met my friend William for lunch at Adam Road FC before walking over to the nursery. Uncle Koh was his usual cheerful self, showing us around and telling us about his orchids, how age is catching up with him and that he needs to reluctantly sell off his massive collection of heritage orchids. I would have thought that the Botanical Gardens, Gardens By The Bay or Nparks will be among the first to take this opportunity to acquire and preserve one of the best collections of Singapore's Heritage Orchids. I was curious about his Vanda nellie mortley, Vanda tan chay yan and the Vanda JVB. Uncle also recomended the Vanda tricuspidata. He showed me a prized rare cutting of a very floriferous high quality Vanda tan chay yan. The price ? ......... not for the faint hearted.
Another of his Vanda tan chay yan in bloom and for sale.
Another of his Vanda tan chay yan in bloom and for sale.
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Are these Vanda "tan chay Yan" you saw the floriferous one and the one pictured different but with the same name? Its just I notice this one has a very small flower spike and V tab chay yan is meant to have a good flower spike with many flowers. Is this variety in the plant tan chay yan the result of the cloning process which often throws up slightly different clones for whatever reason?
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