The Digital Philatelist

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Details Date of Issue: 2 January 1979 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: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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Polystachya dendrobiiflora is found growing on shrubs in the montane grasslands of Burundi, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe at elevations of 400 to 2150 meters.   Polystachya dendrobiiflora is a species with relatively large flowers on a straw-like stem, normally flowering before the leaves appear.…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 1.50k Polystachya dendrobiiflora

 Aerangis kotschyana is a native to a large portion of Africa as well as Madagascar. The orchid grows on smooth barked trees high in the canopy and on large branches and trunks as well as old bushes and smaller trees in hot woodlands with seasonal high rainfalls or in hot,…

View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 1k Aerangis kotschyana