5p
Nervilia Plicata
5p
Dendrobium Victoria- Reginae
5p
Geodorum Densiflorum
5p
Luisia Teretifolia
Type II has larger "2002" imprint (Second Printing issued July
31, 2003)
Miniature Sheets of Sixteen (3,125)
Souvenir Sheets of One (12,500)
22p
Grammatophyllum Scriptum
Design Coordinator:
Antonio D.A. Claro
Layout Artist:
Alfonso V. Divina
Designs:
Photographs of various orchids taken from the book Native Orchids of
the Philippines by Hans H. Fessel Peter Balzer
First Day Covers: Manila
Native Orchids of the Philippines
Nervilia Plicata.
About
65 species of nervilia are known. These terrestrial orchids have
solitary, stalked, heart-shaped leaves, which are sometimes
variegated that arise from subterranean round tubers. The
inflorescence bears a few relatively large complex yellowish flowers
with purple or reddish markings, especially on the lips. Usually
flowers and leaves are produced at different seasons of the year. No
hybrids are known.
Dendrobium Victoria- Reginae. This orchid has
pendent bulbs that are up to 50cm long, often branched near the
base; the nodes are slightly swollen. The leaves are up to 8cm long
and 2cm wide. The short inflorescence appears on older stems and
bear 3 to 12 flowers. The flowers reach 30mm in diameter. The simple
lip has at its center five dark violet stripes. The pollinarium
consists of two pairs of naked pollinia. As D. Papilio, it is an
inhabitant of the moist, cool, mossy forest of high altitudes. Its
bluish color clearly separates it from all other Dendrobium species
in the country.
Geodorum Densiflorum. This orchid specie comes from
a genus of about 10 species of rarely cultivated but unusually
attractive terrestrial orchids. Pseudobulbs, almost round, somewhat
compressed, are underground and from which rise a few broad stalked,
folded leaves and erect elongate inflorescence. Flowers are
medium-sized, not widely opening which are carried sharply
pendulous, that do not last long, and they are waxy, fragrant, and
colored. No hybrids are known.
Nervilia Plicata.
About
65 species of nervilia are known. These terrestrial orchids have
solitary, stalked, heart-shaped leaves, which are sometimes
variegated that arise from subterranean round tubers. The
inflorescence bears a few relatively large complex yellowish flowers
with purple or reddish markings, especially on the lips. Usually
flowers and leaves are produced at different seasons of the year. No
hybrids are known.
Grammatophyllum Scriptum. About 8 species in
the genus, mostly epiphytic, are found. All Grammatophyllums are
expceptionally spectacular plants. They have yellowish green leaves,
leathery, waxy, and the broad inflorescence is erect to strongly
arching or pendulous due to the weight of flowers. Over 100 flowers
in a stem that are heavy-textured and waxy open over some weeks with
variable colors from greenish-yellow with irregular dark brown
blotches on inner surface. Flowers appear mostly in the Summer.