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There Is Now An Orchid Named After Modi--Cymbidium Namo!

Here's A Quiz Question: What Is Cymbidium Namo?
UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 03: Cymbidium Orchid (Cymbidium sp), Orchidaceae. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 03: Cymbidium Orchid (Cymbidium sp), Orchidaceae. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI -- There is now an orchid name after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On Monday, the Prime Minister's Office tweeted that a variety of the Cymbidium Orchid had been named "Namo."

The tweet said Modi had named two orchids, Sikkim Cymbidium Sardar and Lycaste Deendayal, while Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had named one orchid "Namo".

PM named two Orchid varieties developed in Sikkim Cymbidium Sardar & Lycaste Deendayal. Sikkim CM named the 3rd one Cymbidium Namo.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 18, 2016

On his two day visit to the Northeast, Modi attended a flower show in Sikkim, which recently became the first fully organic state in India.

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