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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/12/16/duterte-orchid-121616.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA – An orchid has been named after President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore, where he is currently on a state visit.</p><p>The orchid was named Dendrobium Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Dendrobium Sonia Beauty x Dendrobium Urmila Nandey), following a tradition in Singapore to name orchids after visiting heads of state.</p><p>Duterte saw the orchid named after him during a visit to the National Orchid Garden. </p><p>The Duterte orchid is a “compact, robust and vigorous hybrid” and its sepals and petals are colored violet-red.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/12/16/orchid-121616.jpg"/></figure></div><p>&quot;It produces upright flower sprays that bear up to 15 striking and well-arranged blooms, each velvety bloom measuring about 6 cm across. The sepals and petals are an attractive violet-red, and complementing each bloom is a lip of the same tone but darker,&quot; based on a description from the botanical institute. </p><div><strong>-- With reports from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>MANILA – An orchid has been named after President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore, where he is currently on a state visit.</p>

MANILA – An orchid has been named after President Rodrigo Duterte in Singapore, where he is currently on a state visit.