SINGAPORE – An orchid known for its deep colour and medicinal uses is one of the highlights of a new floral display at Gardens by the Bay. The Vanda coerulea, also known as blue orchid or Blue Vanda, ...

Despite being a prominent colour on Earth, blue is in fact a rarity in nature – less than 10 per cent of flowering plants are blue. Among those naturally occurring blue flowers – like common ...

Artificial dyes have been used for decades to create different color roses and tulips, but the first artificially blue orchid was introduced only in 2011. That's when a Florida-based orchid grower ...

Low-maintenance, elegant and available in a variety of colours, it's easy to see why orchids are such a popular houseplant. But, as a colour we don't associate with the natural world, it's normal for ...

Native to high elevations in northeast India, China, Burma, and Thailand, Vanda coerulea is prized for its flowers' rich blue, a color rare among cultivated orchids. Wild populations of this orchid ...

In 1965, Professor Dr. Thavorn Vajrabhaya, B.S., from the Department of Botany at Chulalongkorn University, established plant tissue culture in Thailand. He was the first person in the country to use ...