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 name Acampe was derived from the Greek word akampas, meaning “rigid”, referring to the small, brittle, inflexible flowers.
Acampe produce slow-growing, medium-sized vines that form very large vegetative masses in nature. They are noted for their thick, leathery, distichous leaves. They produce fragrant small to medium-sized yellow flowers, barred with orange or red stripes. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated.
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- 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 (Pale Greyish-Blue) : 1C (Yellow), 1C (Magenta), 1C (Cyan), 1C (Black), 1C (Pale Greyish-Blue)
- 1B (Yellow), 1B (Magenta), 1B (Cyan), 1B (Black), 1B (Pale Greyish-Blue) : 1D (Yellow), 1D (Magenta), 1D (Cyan), 1D (Black), 1D (Pale Greyish-Blue)
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