Stamp: Cyrtopodium Andersonil (Dominica 1989)
Cyrtopodium Andersonil (Dominica 1989)
28 September (Dominica ) within release Orchids goes into circulation Stamp Cyrtopodium Andersonil face value 60 East Caribbean cent
| Stamp Cyrtopodium Andersonil in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Stamp Number: | Sn:DM 1189 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Orchids:
- Stamp - Epidendrum Ciliare face value 45;
- Stamp - Cyrtopodium Andersonil face value 60;
- Stamp - Oncidium Pusillum face value 10;
- Stamp - Epidendrum Cochleata face value 35;
- Stamp - Habenaria Pauciflora face value 1;
- Stamp - Maxillaria Alba face value 2;
- Stamp - Selenipedium Palmifolium face value 3;
- Stamp - Brassavola Cucullata face value 4;
- Souvenir Sheet - Oncidium Lanceanum face value 5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Comparettia Falcata face value 5;
- Stamp - Oncidium lacneaum face value 5;
- Stamp - Comparettia falcata face value 5;
Stamp Cyrtopodium Andersonil it reflects the thematic directions:
The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and often fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species nearly equals the number of bony fishes and is more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). The family also includes Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), Orchis (type genus), and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya. Moreover, since the introduction of tropical species into cultivation in the 19th century, horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars.
