Orchids - 2012

Orchids - 2012

From the mountain forests of the highlands to the tropical jungles of the coast and lowlands, Papua New Guinea is home to an undescribable array of beautiful orchids.

The country’s rainforests provide such a vast and suitable home to these delicate flowers, that new species are still being regularily discovered.

Post PNG Ltd is pleased to amuse its collectors with these remarkable issue featuiring orchids found in Rigo inland of the
Central Province of Papua New Guinea.

STAMP SET
K1.20 - Dendrobium macrophyllum - Found in the coastal jungles of Java to the Philippines and on to Samoa in the Pacific Islands and Rigo inland, Central province of Papua New Guinea. is a species of genus Dendrobium. Grows in warm to hot temperatures with medium amounts of light and in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Sepals are pale yellow and spotted on backside, petals are pale yellow, upper lip is striped with purple stripes, and lower lip is spotted with dark spots. Lip is pale yellow
K1.20 - Dendrobium williamsianum - A medium to giant sized, hot growing epiphyte on small trees in the hot dry savannahs of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua and New Guinea. Goes without water for up to 6 months at a time but do get morning dew.
K6.00 - Dendrobium bracteosum pink - Found growing in the mangrove forest of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua New Guinea and is an epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in rainforests often along rivers and coastlines. Sepals and petals are pink, lip is orange.
K8.00 - Phalaenopsis amabilis - Found on tree trunks hanging bogs in the rainforest of northern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and New Britain. Grows in warm conditions. Pot in medium fir bark and keep in partial shade.

RETAIL PRICE K16.40

SOUVENIR SHEET
K10.00 - Dendrobium spectabile - is a warm growing species native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The long canes produce masses of flowers that look like aliens from another world. The plant is easy to grow and flower if you follow the recommended cultural instructions.

SHEETLET
K1.20 - Dendrobium bracteosum white - Found growing in the mangrove forest of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua New Guinea. Sepals and petals are white, lip is orange. A small to medium sized. Epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in rainforests often along rivers and coastlines.
K1.20 - Dendrobium bifalce - Found in coastal forest and in forested areas near water in Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Bismark Islands, along Laloki and Brown Rivers, Central Province of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland Australia. Sepals and petals are yellow and spotted.
K6.00 - Dendrobium Strepsiceros - Found in the Moluccas and Kavieng, New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. A miniature to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with erect, lower half is swollen and fusiform, loosely 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
K8.00 - Vanda Hindsii - Found in Queensland Australia and Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua and New Guinea in areas with a distinct dry season in winter and spring as a large sized, hot to warm growing, epiphyte on tall trees near large rivers or as a lithophytw scrambling over rocky outcrops with very bright sun.

RETAIL PRICE K16.40

Acknowledgement
The Philatelic Bureau of Papua New Guinea wishes to acknowledge the valued contribution from the National Botanical Gardens for giving us the right to use the orchids with their scientific names.

Stamp Set
K1.20 - Dendrobium williamsianum
K1.20 - Dendrobium macrophyllum
K6.00 - Dendrobium bractteosum - pink
K8.00 - Dendrobium amabilis

RETAIL PRICE K16.40

Sheetlet
K1.20 - Dendrobium bracteosum - white
K1.20 - Dendrobium bifalce
K6.00 - Dendrobium strepsiceros
K8.00 - Vanda hindsii

RETAIL PRICE K16.40

Souvenir Sheet
K10.00 - Dendrobium spectabile