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 hamatopetalaEulophia 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 tricristataAcampe 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 pachyglossaCirrhopetalum 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 umbellatumAnsellia 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More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids Definitive – 7t Ansellia giganteaDetails Date of Issue: 2 January 1979 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Cockerels Perf: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…
View More Malawi Philately: 1979 Wild Orchids DefinitivePolystachya 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 dendrobiifloraAerangis 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 kotschyanaDetails Publisher: Kingstons (Zambia) Ltd Distributor: Printer: Zambia Printing Company Process: Photographer: Year: 1979 Series: Commonwealth Conference Lusaka – Zambia
View More Zambia Philately: Zambia Printing Company (Type C)The Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) is a species of marine fish in the family Istiophoridae of the order Istiophoriformes. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, except for large areas of the central North Atlantic and the central South Atlantic, from the surface to depths of…
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