Buy First-Class Orchids at the Post Office
You can now buy first-class orchids at the post office. The US Postal Service has just released 10 new stamps featuring wild orchids. All the species represented are native to the USA. My photos show both sides of a 20-stamp booklet and the cover image.
There are nine orchid species depicted.
- Three Birds Orchid, Triphora trianthophoros (shown in two images)
- California Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium californicum
- Crested Coralroot Orchid, Hexalectris spicata
- Showy Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium reginae
- Marsh Lady’s Tresses, Spiranthes odorata
- Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Platanthera leucophaea
- Greater Purple Fringed Orchid, Platanthera grandiflora
- Yellow Cowhorn Orchid, Cyrtopodium polyphyllum
- Tuberous Grass Pink, Calopogon tuberosus
The first day of issue ceremony was held at the American Orchid Society Library at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida on February 21st. When I bought stamps a few days later, they were obviously very popular, because our local post office was running low on them. Buy your orchids at the post office while supplies last.
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