Cirrhopetalum umbellatum (now referred to as Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars) is an orchid species identified by (G.Forst.) Reinw. ex Hook. & Arn. in 1881. This variation appears in central and south-eastern Africa including; Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and eastwards to the Pacific Islands.
Its flowers are light purple, blotched with dark purple, sometimes clear yellow. The lateral sepals are long and twisted giving the flowers their typical spearhead-shape.
Details
- Designer: Gordon Drummond
- Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Process: Lithography
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- Watermark: Cockerels
- Perf: 13.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in four panes, each divided by a gutter strip. Guillotined through horizontal gutter and distributed in sheets of two panes:
- 1A (Yellow), 1A (Magenta), 1A (Cyan), 1A (Black), 1A (Light Violet) : 1C (Yellow), 1C (Magenta), 1C (Cyan), 1C (Black), 1C (Light Violet)
- 1B (Yellow), 1B (Magenta), 1B (Cyan), 1B (Black), 1B (Light Violet) : 1D (Yellow), 1D (Magenta), 1D (Cyan), 1D (Black), 1D (Light Violet)
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