Singapore names orchid after Aquino
SINGAPORE—Singapore on Friday named an orchid with bright golden yellow petals after President Benigno Aquino, an honor accorded to visiting heads of state.
The island-state's National Parks Board named the orchid Ascocenda Benigno S. Aquino in a ceremony at the Singapore National Orchid Garden on Friday morning.
"This is a vigorous and free flowering hybrid. It bears flowering sprays with 10 to 12 flowers each. The flowers are 7 to 8 cm across. Petals and sepals are bright golden yellow with many distinct reddish-brown spots and tessellations," the board said in a statement.
Aquino's late revered mother, former President Corazon Aquino, also had an orchid named after her but it was not in bloom this season.
Aquino returned to Manila late on Friday night after cancelling a tour of the Changi International airport in the afternoon to oversee the preparations for any eventuality after a massive earthquake hit Japan and produced tsunami alerts throughout the Pacific basin.
Aquino's late revered mother, former President Corazon Aquino, also had an orchid named after her but it was not in bloom this season.
Aquino returned to Manila late on Friday night after cancelling a tour of the Changi International airport in the afternoon to oversee the preparations for any eventuality after a massive earthquake hit Japan and produced tsunami alerts throughout the Pacific basin.
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