Start of the sale:
Friday, April 20, 2018 at 6:32 AM
Item n°559844091
Sale ends:
Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 9:15 AM
First Day Cover of 2007 Taiwan Orchid Stamps. Formosa(Taiwan), Rep of China.
1st set.
Welcome to combine to tuy the same series of 2007 Orchid (I) to (III) Stamps.
The photo is only for your reference. The FDC you receive might have different cachet & maybe with address.
The designs of the stamps follow:
(1) Phaius tankervilleae (NT$3.50): A perennial, terrestrial orchid with sympodial growth. The plant uses large and laterally flattened pseudobulbs to store water and nutrients. Its leaves are oblong-lanceolate. It blooms from early spring to early summer. The flower faces downward, resembling a veiled bride, and has a trumpet-shaped lip (labellum).
(2) Spiranthes sinensis (NT$5.00): A terrestrial orchid with linear-lanceolate leaves. The plant favors low-altitude open fields and sunny grasslands. Flowering occurs during spring, when dozens of tiny flowers spiral up its slender spike. Spiranthes sinensis is nicknamed “spiral dragon herb” in Chinese because its flowering spike resembles a “dragon pillar” of Taoist temples.
(3) Vanda × hybrida (NT$12.00): An epiphytic orchid with a monopodial growth habit. This orchid prefers a warm, sunny and humid environment. The name of the genus -“vanda”- means “a flowering plant that grows on other trees” in Sanskrit. The plant relies on its well-developed aerial roots to take water and nutrients from the air. It has thick erect stems and stiff fleshy leaves. It is drought tolerant and can handle a lot of light.
(4) Cattleya sp. (NT$25.00): An epiphytic orchid with sympodial growth. The plant has stout and thick leaves with large pseudobulbs, which store large quantities of nutrients and water and make it very drought tolerant. The flowers are very large and showy. They come in a vast array of colors, sizes and lip shapes. It has earned a reputation as the “Queen of orchids” among orchid growers.
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