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The white orchids here have distinctive willowy white fluffs with a small tongue in the centre, flanked by long leaves. Khaw Sia had started painting orchids since the 1960s and it became one of his greatest passions, as he would actively seek out the flowers during his travels and was said to have cultivated the flowers on his own. He held two solo watercolour exhibitions in 1976 and 1977 in Penang dedicated exclusively to orchids.