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 #435 on: February 18, 2018, 07:18:36 AM »
Citrus sinensis, orange

This stamp was issued by New Zealand in 1983 in a five stamp series

Actually it is written on the stamp CITRUS FRUIT, the catalogue states
Citrus maxima which is pomelo,  φράπα. In Greek
So the stamp looks as if it depicts an orange - citrus sinensis, a pomelo-
citrus maxima and a lemon- citrus limon   

The photo is of an orange grove at Ancient Corinth on a cold dull day.

In the MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, number 91, Peter Wight writes about his garden in Spain
NOTES FROM EL DRAGO where he grows, among many other interesting plants, olives and oranges

I found a photo in my collecttion of Carpobrotus edulis, an invasive baddie mentioned in the article, taken at Cabo  da  Roca a few years ago
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« Reply #436 on: February 18, 2018, 03:52:48 PM »
My impression is, at least in our area, that the yellow Carpobrutus edulis is less invasive than the red ones, has anybody else made a similar observation?  I must admit I once planted in our garden as we'll, but it has been removed now. It was was a great way to improve the soil, though, and it has not been spread from our compost heap. Unfortunately, it is now established on our nearest beach (it did not escape from our garden), where it of course looks quite stunning; I believe our neighbours would be mad at me if I tried to uproot it.
Retired veterinary surgeon by training with a PhD in parasitology,  but worked as a virologist since 1992.
Member of the MGS  since 2004. Gardening in Oslo and to a limited extent in Halkidiki, Greece.

Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #437 on: February 19, 2018, 08:15:38 AM »
Drimia maritima, Sea squill [ Urginea maritima to many ]

A stamp issued by Israel in 1961 and which I have used before

The photo was taken on the island of Amorgos, above Agia Anna beach where part of THE BIG BLUE was filmed, more or less looking towards Tilos

Simon Windeler writes in his article TIPOTA DELIGHTS, THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 61, about making a garden on a un developed island in the Aegean.

 I thought Tilos was uninhabited   but has now been added to my
”Islands yet to visit” list

I found this account on the MGS’s website .I don’t know who wrote it or when   
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/gri.html

There is also an article by Irini Ramphou in TMG, number36
 THE MGS ON TILOS
I wonder if the hoped for “Tilos park” ever came into being
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #438 on: February 20, 2018, 08:20:37 AM »
Camellia japonica

A stamp issued by Poland in 1964

We have seen many Camellia plants growing in Spain; these two were in the courtyard of the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

Janice Thompson writes in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, issue number 91, in  A PATH – EVENTUALLY   ”The third space is designed to accommodate a pot which can be changed from time to time with different plants.”
I thought a small Camellia   might look good in her path 

There seems to be a need of gardeners to make paths using recycled materials. I remember my father and I when I was ten going out in the dead of night, there is no dead of night in the summer in north east England ,  with the wheel barrow to collect old broken bricks from a piece of waste land to make a garden path. Then again when I was twenty we looked for pieces of local sandstone to make a rockery in our new garden,  The new housing estate was built on farmland and there were pieces of sandstone scattered around after the walls surrounding the fields had been destroyed. In fact we were rather late as most of the stones had been ‘saved’, there was many a rock garden on our street.

Here is the link for you to read about the famous pavements of Pikionis, the architect entrusted with the remodeling of the Acropolis area and access to Philopappou Hill
http://www.greece-is.com/dimitris-pikionis-the-man-who-shaped-the-acropolis-landscape/

Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of these paths in Athens but I do have a photo of the marble floor of the Basilica of Lechaion
A photo of a pavement in Kousadasi  with a ‘blue mati; surrounded by broken tiles
 and a photo of a path a friend of mine made in her kitchen garden   

After preparing this post an account of the garden and the A PATH - EVENTUALLY turned up on the MGS website
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/central.html
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #439 on: February 21, 2018, 07:32:27 AM »
Quercus ilex, ENCINA, Holm oak

One of a five stamp series issued by Spain in 1972.

Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of this tree but do have photos of
Quercus coccifera, Kermes oak and Quercus alnifolia, the Golden Oak of Cyprus

You can read about this oak tree indigenous to Cyprus here on the red list
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/194053/0

The above is supposed to tie in with ANOTHER HIDDEN GEM by John Joynes in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 91, January 2018

Please correct me if I am wrong with the names of the oaks in  the photos
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #440 on: February 22, 2018, 06:47:22 AM »
  Rosa
Roses.A stamp issued by the USA in 1978

The photo is of some roses given to me a couple of years ago

Alisdair Aird and Helena Wiesner in their article
 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - THE 2017 AGM,
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issue 91 January 2018, write about the many gardens they visited and the many plants they saw.

For photographs of some of these gardens see the MGS website
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/91-agm.html

Unfortunately I don’t seem to have any stamps depicting the species they saw so have fallen back on that stalwart, the Rose
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #441 on: February 23, 2018, 09:07:08 AM »
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa, Yellow- tailed Thornbill

A stamp issued by Australia in 1964

Not having seen this bird nor having been to Australia there are no photos of it on my computer.
However, I found a good article about it here

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Acanthiza-chrysorrhoa

There are many articles in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN about Australia but none mention this particular bird by name.
Read Alisdair Aird’s article
 GARDENS, PLANTS, NEW FRIENDS:
THE 2012 AGM IN AUSTRALIA in issue number 71, January 2013 of  TMG
See the MGS website for photographs

http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/71-agm.html

To read another article about Australia go to the latest issue of TMG, number 91 January 2018 and read
MILDURA MAGIC by Trevor Nottle
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #442 on: February 24, 2018, 07:05:39 AM »
Oenothera drummondi, Beach evening primrose

A stamp issued by Israel to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of Independence

To read about Drummond and this plant go here
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=OEDR

I took the photo at Caesarea, an ancient port south of Haifa in Israel, in pre digital camera times.

The plant was identified for me by the Forum of the
MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY

Reference to this plant can be found in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
issue  36, April 2004 in
PLANTS THAT DID WELL IN 2003
by members of the West Provence & Languedoc Branch
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #443 on: February 25, 2018, 07:01:17 AM »
Hippeastrum puniceum

A stamp issued in 1976 by Egypt

The photo is of a large red lily which can be seen growing in pots in the backyards of some houses here in Corinth. They are owned by an older generation of women and guard them jealously, as well they should. I have never been able to acquire a bulb of this plant which comes up year after year

Hippeasrum bulbs are mentioned in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN,
 number 65, July 2011
COLOURS AND CONTRASTS IN ISRAEL by David Wheeler
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #444 on: February 27, 2018, 07:37:24 AM »
Olea europaea, Olive tree

This stamp was issued by Brasil in 1976 to celebrate the
750th Anniversary of the Death of Saint Francis of Assisi
1181 -1226

From looking at the stamp I could have chosen a bird or a tree to illustrate this post. I took the easy way out and chose an Olive tree.
The photo was taken last October at Sparoza, the garden of
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY

As luck would have it, the Italian Branch of the MGS is going to visit Assisi in May 2018
You can find information about this day trip here
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/branches-it.html

There is hardly a copy of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN without some reference to Olive trees. Today I have chosen issue 77, July 2014 where you can read PRUNING OLIVE TREES  by Brian Chatterton

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #445 on: March 02, 2018, 06:28:40 AM »
Fragaria virginiana, Wild strawberry, Fraise sauvage

A stamp issued, in a seven stamp series, by Canada in 1992

The stamp catalogue doesn’t actually say which strawberry the stamp depicts so I am going with Fragaria virginiana which grows in North America
I found the Missouri Botanical Garden provided useful information about this wild strawberry.
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=291715&isprofile=0&=#AllImages

Looking for some reference in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN I came across Fragaria californica in issue number 6, Autumn 1996 in
OAKS IN A CALIFORNIA GARDEN  by Katherine Greenberg.

The same continent at least
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #446 on: March 03, 2018, 06:21:16 AM »
Disa uniflora, Pride of Table Mountain

A stamp issued by South Africa in 1963 to celebrate
The 50th Anniversary of the Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens

To read about this plant go here
http://pza.sanbi.org/disa-uniflora

I have referred you many times to articles written about Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN

Anda Wayland writes in her article CONSERVATION OR CRIME? issue 37, July 2004 about Disa racemosa another plant from South Africa
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #447 on: March 05, 2018, 07:25:22 AM »
Allamanda cathartica, golden trumpet

To celebrate the
100th Anniversary of the Birth of Doctor Juan Tomas Roig
Cuba issued a series of stamps featuring Cuban Flowers

I was lucky enough to see this plant growing in the Botanic Garden of Lucca, Italy

To read about Allamanda go here
https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=1303

Allamanda cathartica appears in a list of
 SOME CLIMBING PLANTS FOR THE MIDI, FRANCE
by Members of the Languedoc Branch in
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, number 56 April 2009.
This particular plant is marked with an asterisk in the list  to note that it is a tender plant and does not bear low temperatures

The one I saw in Lucca was in a pot and probably hauled out of the greenhouse to give the garden a flowery look in November

A discution about this plant can be found here on this Forum
http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=1818.msg12461#msg12461
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #448 on: March 06, 2018, 06:52:47 AM »
Aesculus hippocastanum. Horse chestnut

This stamp is in a series issued by Sweden  in 1983 named FRUITS

The photo is of Horse Chestnut trees lining the path leading to the site of Ancient Sparta. My son wonders if any one knows of any other Horse Chestnut trees further south in the Peloponnese

To read about this plant go here
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/585/i-Aesculus-hippocastanum-i/Details

Horse chestnut trees are mentioned many times in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
Today read Joanna Millar’s article
THE AGM 2003 IN TUSCANY [1]
In TMG 35, January 2004
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #449 on: March 06, 2018, 11:30:59 AM »
Hilary, I don't know about the Peloponnese but we have some Horse Chestnuts here in Cyprus. Of course, they were introduced and planted in the higher reaches of the Troodos Range (above 1500 m), especially alongside streams.
Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)