LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Taiwan's reputation as the "Orchid Kingdom" has been further enhanced at the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show, as Queen Elizabeth II praised the quality of Taiwanese orchids Monday during a stop at the country's booth at Britain's most prominent flower event.
Katharine S.Y. Chang, Taiwan's top representative stationed in London, introduced each pot of orchids to the queen, who appeared to listen carefully to Chang's descriptions during a five-minute visit of the booth.
This is the first year that Taiwan was invited to the annual Chelsea Flower Show, which is being held at the Royal Hospital from May 25 to May 29.
The queen was very surprised to learn that Taiwan supplies one-third of the orchids in the global market and she nodded when Chang said there was room for cooperation in orchid cultivation between the two countries as seen by the recent success in Britain of growing 1-year-old orchids from Taiwan.
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