The ”Udon Sunshine” orchid is a hybrid orchid which is crossbred between the foreign Vanda Josephine van Brero and the Thai Vanda denisoniana that was created in the blossoms of northern part of Thailand by a renowned Thai orchid expert, Dr. Pradit Khampermpoon. The unique blossoms of Udon Sunshine have three remarkable qualities. First is their longlasting quality. If left on the plant, flowers can stay up to 60 days. Those that are cut from the plant can last 15 days at room temperature, but in cool temperatures, the cut flowers can last up to 25 days.
Another remarkable quality of this unique orchid is that it is a scented orchid and can be extracted and blended with citrus and kefir lime leaf to make the first orchid perfume, named “Miss Udon Sunshine.” 
Besides being long-lasting and sweetsmelling, the color of the orchid varies according to the temperature. In the temperature range of 10-15° Celsius, the orchids become bright red, while at the higher temperature of 15-20° Celsius, the flowers change to golden yellow. However, if the temperature is higher than 20° Celsius, the color then changes to deep yellow.
Miss Udon Sunshine has already been patented with the World Orchid Association in England.
source : thailand.prd.go.th
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