af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 23, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The tropical islands of Antigua and Barbuda are located in the heart of the Caribbean about a thousand miles to the east of Jamaica and half that distance from Trinidad on the coast of South America. Antigua was visited in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, who named it...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 22, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Aden, situated on the south coast of what is now Yemen, was a British colony since 1839. Commanding the southern entrance to the Red Sea, it was an important British air- and naval base on the route to India. It was also crucial for safeguarding access to Middle...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 21, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Cypripedium calceolus is a “lady’s-slipper orchid”, and the type species of the genus Cypripedium. It is native to Europe and Asia. Cypripedium comes from the Greek Κυπρισ πεδιον (Kupris pedion), meaning Venus’ foot (a reference to the Roman goddess...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 20, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Phalaenopsis schilleriana or the “Sunset glow” because of the beautiful pink flowers, was first described by H.G. Reichenbach in 1860 and named after Consul Schiller who first flowered the orchid two years earlier. The species is endemic to the Philippines where it...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 19, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Cleistes(iopsis) divaricata, commonly called Rosebud Orchid or the Spreading pogonia, is found throughout the southeastern United States, from New Jersey south to Florida and across the Gulf Coast to Texas. This orchid’s petals and labellum separate only near...
