Stamp: Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) (South Africa 2011)
Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) (South Africa 2011)
23 September (South Africa ) within release Cape Floreal Region goes into circulation Stamp Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) face value South African rand
| Stamp Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:ZA 2084 |
Stamp is horizontal format.
Nominal value: 5,00 R., self-adhesiveAlso in the issue Cape Floreal Region:
- Stamp - Purcell's Ghost Frog (Heleophryne purcelli) face value ;
- Mini Sheet - Biological Region Cape - MiNo. 2079-88 face value ;
- Stamp - African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) face value ;
- Stamp - Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) face value ;
- Stamp - African Clawless Otter (Aonyx capensis) face value ;
- Stamp - Carakal (Caracal caracal) face value ;
- Stamp - Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) face value ;
- Stamp - Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) face value ;
- Stamp - Cape Aloe (Aloe ferox) face value ;
- Stamp - Mealie Heath (Erica patersonii) face value ;
- Stamp - King Protea (Protea cynaroides) face value ;
Stamp Bird-of-Paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae) it reflects the thematic directions:
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in plants that are floral (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds. In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora.
