Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 75t Cynorchis glandulosa

Cynorchis glandulosa (also known as Cynorkis) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, as well as several islands in the Indian Ocean.

The orchid is found in Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Transvaal South Africa by the banks of streams, among rocks of forest floors and as an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches at elevations of 1300 to 2800 meters.

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) : 1C (Yellow), 1C (Magenta), 1C (Cyan), 1C (Black)
    • 1B (Yellow), 1B (Magenta), 1B (Cyan), 1B (Black) : 1D (Yellow), 1D (Magenta), 1D (Cyan), 1D (Black)
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