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Plants of the world on postage stamps

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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1350 on: August 09, 2021, 06:45:16 PM »
I have seen a couple in a mountain village , I think it was in Laconia.
Unfortunately that was before digital camera days
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David Dickinson

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1351 on: August 09, 2021, 09:15:27 PM »
There is a lime(eng)/tiglio(it) tree on the main road at the junction with my side street in Rome. In June, on my way home, I simply have to stop at the tree and breathe in the most exquisite perfume I think nature has ever created. I could pass the whole night there.

Ruckert's feelings about lime can be found in his poem here. German original and English translation.

https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/1937

And here is Mahler's musical setting of that poem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIp1OJeS5c
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Charithea

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1352 on: August 10, 2021, 05:39:34 AM »
Thank you David.  I loved the gentle music early in the morning.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1353 on: August 11, 2021, 10:20:24 AM »
Myosotis sylvatica, Wood forget-me-not, Bos vergeet_mij_ nietje

Holland issued a series of three stamps in 1994 named FLOWERS.

Myosotis is mentioned in
LEARNING NOT DOZING by Gillian Biddle
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 51, January 2008
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1354 on: August 13, 2021, 04:20:01 PM »
Rosa villosa, , Apple Rose, Vilt roos
This stamp was issued by Holland in 1994 in a series of three stamps named FLOWERS

The rose is mentioned in a list of roses in USEFUL ROSES
by Christopher Wieschus
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 13, Summer 1998
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1355 on: August 15, 2021, 05:18:13 PM »
Lilium candidum, Madonna lily

A stamp issued by San Marino in a ten-stamp series named
FLOWERS AND MONTE TITANO in 1957

I thought this stamp would be suitable for today, the 15th August, which is a National Holiday in Greece to celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary

The photo of the Madonna lily growing at Sparoza was taken by Lucinda Willan, the gardener currently working at Sparoza, and posted here with her permission

One of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN cover illustrations by Veronica Hadjiphani-Lorenzetti also features the Madonna lily

Madonna lilies are mentioned in
GARDENER’S QUESTION TIME by June Grindley
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number72, April 2013
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1356 on: August 16, 2021, 08:48:57 AM »

Origanum vulgare, Oregano

A stamp issued by the USA in 2011 in a series of five stamps named HERBS
Oregano is mentioned in

 A MORNING ON AN AEGEAN ISLAND by Michael Athen
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number101, July 2020
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1357 on: August 17, 2021, 11:46:11 AM »
Lamium purpureum, Red dead nettle

This stamp was issued by San Marino in a series of seven stamps in 1967 named FLOWERS

Lamium in general, but not this one, is mentioned in

THOUGHTS ON SPRING ANNUALS
AT SPAROZA
By Caroline Harbouri
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 84, April 2016

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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1358 on: August 18, 2021, 08:50:33 AM »
Digitalis purpurea, Foxglove

 A stamp issued by the USA in 2011 in a series of five stamps named HERBS

Foxgloves are mentioned  in
FORGET ABOUT THE WATERING by Caroline Davies
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 98, October 2019

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Charithea

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1359 on: August 18, 2021, 01:33:09 PM »
I love them but don't seem to have much success with them.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1360 on: August 20, 2021, 05:18:01 PM »
Lavendula, Lavender

A stamp issued by the USA in 2011 in a series of five stamps named HERBS

Lavenders are mentioned in
SPAROZA: WHAT THE GARDEN IS
(AND ISN’T)
by Caroline Harbouri

This issue of the journal is available as a free down load
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/journal100.pdf

For photographs of Sparoza and its plants see the
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY website
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/100-sparoza.html
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1361 on: August 21, 2021, 11:55:17 AM »
Moraea reticulata, Goldblatt

This stamp was issued by CISKEI in 1988 in a series of four stamps  which was named  ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED PLANT SPECIES

Moraea are mentioned, but not this one, in AN EXOTIC HANGING GARDEN
by Rory Stuart
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 56, April 2009

For those of you wondering where CISKEI is I gleaned this information from the Internet
CISKEI founded in 1981 and dissolved in 1994, a nominally independent state located in the southeast of South Africa

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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1362 on: August 25, 2021, 09:28:41 AM »
Calotropis procera, Apple of Sodom

A stamp issued by Italian Somaliland in 1955 in a seven-stamp series named FLORA

The photo was taken in Aswan in 2004

There is a couple of drawings of this plant in past Journals which I have scanned for you to see
On page 45 of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 65 a drawing by John Jefferis.
And on page 53 of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 98 a drawing  by Flavio Zanon

Calotropis procera is in a list of plants seen by the members of a trip to Jordan

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY SPRING EXCURSION 2020-JORDAN
By John Joynes
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN 101, July 2020
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John J

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1363 on: August 25, 2021, 11:05:32 AM »
This is a photo of the plant we found in Jordan. Wrong time of the year for flowers or fruit but interesting to see all the same.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #1364 on: August 26, 2021, 09:44:15 AM »
I'm glad you managed to get some photos during the short time you were in Jordan
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