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Trump-Kim summit: Will the leaders get their own orchids?
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The Dendrobium Barack and Michelle Obama was presented to the former US president and his wife during PM Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the White House in August 2016.
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SINGAPORE - Perhaps any flowering of peace in the historic meeting between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un here next week could be marked with a key feature of Singapore diplomacy - the naming of an orchid after them.
Though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not confirmed any event to name orchids after the two leaders, such a gesture would not be inconceivable, as other luminaries often have blooms named for them.
