Orchid named for the queen

Hybrid: ‘Dendrobium Elizabeth’ being displayed at Eden Hall, the official residence of the British High Commissioner in Singapore. — AFP

ELIZABETH is majestic, hardy and “very fashionable”, said a top Singapore flower curator – referring not to the late monarch, but to an orchid named after the queen when she visited the former colony.

After Queen Elizabeth II’s death last week, the city-state’s Botanic Gardens loaned a towering sprig of Dendrobium Elizabeth to the British high commissioner’s residence, to be displayed alongside pictures of the monarch.