Category: Malawi

Vanilla polylepis is a climbing orchid species in the plant family Orchidaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, with a range spanning the width of the continent, from Kenya to Angola. It grows in high-altitude evergreen and swamp forests between 1,200–1,500 m (3,900–4,900 ft) and is often found growing on…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 1t Vanilla polylepis

Disa ornithantha is found in Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is believed the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The orchid is found in woodlands and wet montane grasslands at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters. Details Designer: Gordon Drummond…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – K2 Disa ornithantha

Cyrtorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae native to Africa. The species of the genus Cyrtorchis are epiphytic or lithophytic herbs, which do not have pseudobulbs.The white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are distinctly spurred. The orchid is found at elevations from 1500 to 6100 ft in…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – K4 Cyrtorchis praetermissa

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…

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

It is believed that the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The orchid is a Terrestrial herb found in montane grassland in DRC, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The flowers range in colour from sky blue to purple-blue, often with…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 50t Disa hamatopetala

Eulophia tricristata is found in Zaire, Angola and Zambia in wet dambo grasslands as a medium to giant sized, cool growing terrestrial. It has ovary floral bracts and carrying deep purple to green to mauve pink flowers with a white hairy lip. Details Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd,…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 30t Eulophia tricristata

Acampe is a genus of monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species of orchids, distributed from tropical Asia from India, eastwards to China and southwards to Malaysia, and the Philippines. This species is also found from Zaire, Angola, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros and the Seychelles. The…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 10t Acampe pachyglossa

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…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 2t Cirrhopetalum umbellatum

Ansellia gigantea is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1847. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Ansellia africana. Ansellia is considered a monotypic genus of orchid, with only one species, Ansellia africana, commonly known as African ansellia or leopard…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 7t Ansellia gigantea

Details Date of Issue: 2 January 1979 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  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 1A…

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