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Old 11-19-2011, 03:51 AM
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Elton John the famous singer-song writer gets a orchid named after him at the 20th WOC in Singapore.

Sir Elton's new flower child | The New Paper

Elton John gets S'pore orchid named after him

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Intersting! And the orchid is lovely!
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very cool!
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Old 11-20-2011, 02:07 AM
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Pretty cool, I expected a little more flamboyant flower though. It is Sir Elton John afterall!
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I thought they would have hybridized some organic glitter for him too
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He seems pretty proud of it. He looks real good there with his newly named orchid.
Is it just me? Doesn't his jacket and book match the colours of those orchid blooms
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