''Papilionanthe teres'', formerly ''Vanda teres'' and ''Ple. teres'' in the horticultural trade is an

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

species with many variations found in many parts of South-East Asia and is also found as north as Yunnan and in colder regions like the

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

n foothills. The variety 'Andersonii' is the pod parent of ''Papilionanthe'' Miss Joaquim, the national flower of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, the only country to have a hybrid as its national flower. Pdaandersonii

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teres Teres may refer to: Anatomy: *Teres major muscle, a muscle of the upper limb; one of seven scapulohumeral muscles *Teres minor muscle, a narrow, elongated muscle of the rotator cuff *Pronator teres muscle, a muscle located mainly in the human fore ...

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