4th Asia-Pacific
Orchid
Conference
(1992)
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Issue
Name: |
4th
Asia-Pacific Orchid Conference |
Thai Issue
Name: |
งานกล้วยไม้เอเชียแปซิฟิก
ครั้งที่ 4 |
Issue Date: |
1992/2535-01-20 |
Cause: |
To mark the
4th Asia-Pacific Orchid
Conference |
Catalogue Number: |
1992/10-17 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht, 2 Baht, 3 Baht,
3 Baht, 6 Baht, 6 Baht, 10 Baht, 10 Baht |
Unused Value: |
9 Baht, 9
Baht, 9 Baht, 9
Baht, 11 Baht, 11 Baht, 20 Baht, 20 Baht |
Complete Set: |
98 Baht (unused), 68 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
4,000,000 pieces each for designs
1 and 2; 1,200,000 pieces each for all other designs |
Printer: |
Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia |
Subject: |
Various kinds of Paphiopedilum
orchid endemic to
Thailand. This group of orchids is commonly known as
Venus'
Slippers, i.e. a genus of the orchid subfamily
Cypripedioideae, of which members in turn are commonly
referred to as Lady's Slipper Orchids (fig.),
after the slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers: 1.
Paphiopedilum bellatulum, nicknamed
Egg-in-a-nest Orchid and
endemic to northeastern India, central and southern China,
Thailand,
Myanmar,
and Indochina; 2.
Paphiopedilum exul, endemic to Peninsular Thailand; 3.
Paphiopedilum concolor, endemic to southern
China,
Myanmar,
Thailand, and Vietnam; 4. Paphiopedilum godefroyae, endemic
to Vietnam, Peninsular Thailand, and Malaysia; 5.
Paphiopedilum niveum, endemic to Peninsular Thailand and
northen Peninsular
Malaysia;
6. Paphiopedilum villosum, found from northeastern India and
southern China, over Myanmar to Thailand; 7. Paphiopedilum
parishii, commonly known as Parish's Paphiopedilum, and
endemic to Assam, southern China, Myanmar, and Thailand; 8.
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii, endemic to Isaan |
Related Link: |
orchid,
China,
Myanmar,
Malaysia,
Rhynchostylis Orchids,
Royal Orchids,
Orchids,
Changkra Wild
Orchid Park,
Dendrobium Orchids,
gluay mai,
Paphiopedilum concolor,
Egg-in-a-nest Orchid,
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii,
Paphiopedilum exul,
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