MALAGOS GARDEN’S WALING – WALING TREES
Started July of 2002, these mango and grapefruit (duhat) trees, shelter hundreds of Waling-Waling” Orchids. It is a part of our support in the overall campaign in increasing awareness and understanding about this native Philippine Orchid Species as well as environmental consciousness in general.
WALING-WALING FOREST “ALLOW ME TO BLOOM” PROGRAM
You can help! Join us and become our Partner in Conservation in creating awareness for the “Waling Waling”, the best known endemic orchid of the Philippines. Plant a “Waling Waling” in a designated tree within the Resort and have the option to bring home another one to nurture yourself for a minimal fee of Php 500.00.
The long term vision of the “Waling-Waling” Forest Program is for trees within the Resort to be planted with thousands of “Waling-Waling”, creating a veritable habitat for this magnificent species, of how it used to be in the wild, before humans plundered the wealth of the forest.
We, at Malagos Garden Resort, assure the healthy environment for your “Waling Waling” See us again in the future and visit your contribution to conservation.
FACTS ABOUT THE WALING WALING.
“Waling Waling“ is an ethic term that means graceful movement of a Butterfly in flight. The “Waling -Waling” can be found in the wild only in Davao and some parts of the Cotabato province.
It was discovered in Davao around 1880 by Carl Roebellin, a German Plant explorer for the orchid house of Sanders. It was named Vanda Sanderiana in 1882 by German Orchid taxonomist, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in honor of its patron Mr. Frederick Sander. Threatened with extinction after almost a century of neglect, Waling Waling became rare and expensive even in Davao. Fortunately, Charita P. Puentespina, a young orchid grower and breeder at that time noticed the inscription of the Thonglor Orchids display of Bangkok-bared Vanda Sanderiana at the 1982 Asian Orchid congress in Manila, which reads; “ I AM FILIPNO. WON’T YOU TAKE ME HOME?? At the 1986 Araw ng Dabaw Festival, Puentespina sold for the first time to the public hundreds of healthy waling waling seedlings. Today, the queen of orchids is back in the gardens not only in Davao but also throughout the country. As of today, it is the best known endemic orchid from the Philippines because of its importance in the Hybridization of Vandaceous Orchids. It is used for cross pollination with other orchid genera and for producing equally outstanding hybrids. Its flowering season starts July to September, although there are plants that flower twice a year, the first blooming season from January to March.
