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Native orchids - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1976 - 50 Pfennig

Designer: Lothar Grünewald, Halle

Native orchids - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1976 - 50 Pfennig


Theme: Flora
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1976
Face Value50.00 
Colorgreen
PerforationK 12 1/2: 13
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1882
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID534109
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Native Orchids The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes six multi-colored special postal stamps depicting native orchids. NATURE RESPONSIBILITY - ORCHIDS With more than 20,000 species, orchids are one of the richest and most diverse plant families in the world. Since time immemorial, they claim the special interest of countless nature lovers because of their beauty and colourfulness. Their main area of ​​distribution are the tropics and subtropics, where they mainly occur as tree-breakers (epiphytes). In temperate climates, including Europe, they are already reaching the limit of their distribution and are exclusively soil dwellers. Their share of the total number of European plant species reaches just under 2 percent. Here they are mainly bound to locations that were created by limited human intervention and management forms. This results in the particular problem of their conservation in Europe in connection with the worldwide efforts to protect them, in which the GDR, in which as one of the few countries without exception all orchids are protected, occupies a leading position in the world. 50 Pfennig Value: Lady's Slipper - Cypripedium caIceolus (L.) The splendid species is protected in most European countries. It is 20 to 70 cm high, has one to two, very rarely three to four large flowers with bright yellow, a Kesselfalle for pollinating insects forming lips and brown-red petals. It is the most well-known orchid in Europe and to a certain extent a symbol of orchid protection. Several related species are found particularly in Asia and North America. The calf-loving lady's slipper is common throughout Europe, as well as large parts of Asia and North America, but nowhere is it common. It is the only European orchid ever included in the "Red Dato List" of the most endangered plant species in the world by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), which is mainly found in species-rich beech forests, but also in pine forests on Kalkunterlage occurring species, which is particularly endangered by individual adjustment, in the GDR still quite many, sometimes rich in individuals occurrences.

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Native Orchids The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes six multi-colored special postal stamps depicting native orchids. NATURE RESPONSIBILITY - ORCHIDS With more than 20,000 species, orchids are one of the richest and most diverse plant families in the world. Since time immemorial, they claim the special interest of countless nature lovers because of their beauty and colourfulness. Their main area of ​​distribution are the tropics and subtropics, where they mainly occur as tree-breakers (epiphytes). In temperate climates, including Europe, they are already reaching the limit of their distribution and are exclusively soil dwellers. Their share of the total number of European plant species reaches just under 2 percent. Here they are mainly bound to locations that were created by limited human intervention and management forms. This results in the particular problem of their conservation in Europe in connection with the worldwide efforts to protect them, in which the GDR, in which as one of the few countries without exception all orchids are protected, occupies a leading position in the world. 50 Pfennig Value: Lady's Slipper - Cypripedium caIceolus (L.) The splendid species is protected in most European countries. It is 20 to 70 cm high, has one to two, very rarely three to four large flowers with bright yellow, a Kesselfalle for pollinating insects forming lips and brown-red petals. It is the most well-known orchid in Europe and to a certain extent a symbol of orchid protection. Several related species are found particularly in Asia and North America. The calf-loving lady's slipper is common throughout Europe, as well as large parts of Asia and North America, but nowhere is it common. It is the only European orchid ever included in the "Red Dato List" of the most endangered plant species in the world by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), which is mainly found in species-rich beech forests, but also in pine forests on Kalkunterlage occurring species, which is particularly endangered by individual adjustment, in the GDR still quite many, sometimes rich in individuals occurrences..