Orchids On Singapore Stamps & World Stamps

That's a nice cover , philb! I think the stamps are from a 1994 set of orchids.
All right! we've orchids from 8 countries now! keep them coming!

Here's a few first day covers with orchid flowers:

Leng, I was going through a stockbook of Columbia, South America ..there are so many orchid stamps from there !!

Wow, wish I had those covers Battlestamps! Those 7 stamps from each Malaysian state are a staple of any Malaysia collection I believe!

PLease add all your orchid stamps philb!

North Borneo optd Sabah issued 1964 (SG 414) shows an orchid plant (probably a Phalaenopsis type) grown in a coconut husk



The Sabah opt was on a later De la Rue printing of the 1961 North Borneo recess engraved flora & fauna definitives (print Waterlow)

South Africa came out with a few sets of orchid stamps as well back in the 1980's I believe.

Here's they one:

This stamp is from Indonesia's Provincial Flora & Fauna miniature sheet issued in 2008.




It shows the Dendrobium phalaenopsis orchid & a Moluccan King Parrot from Maluku province (the Moluccas Islands).

1963/gelber-frauenschuh-cypripedium-calceolosus-orchidaceae

Here is one from Germany, rather dull stamp compared to some of the beautiful stamps posted.

Interesting South Africa orchids, Battlestamps & thanks for showing the info on the back of the FDC as well.

Glad you noticed the orchid on that stamp, Carebear. Fifia, thats a really colorful & artistic orchid design, thanks for showing.

Thanks Leng, nice flowers...

The Orchis palustris in your French stamp fifia is a wetland or marsh orchid found in many regions of Europe.

Here is an Orchid joint issue of Australia & Singapore from 1998 -




"Representing" Australia are
the Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis rostromii)




and the Cooktown Orchid (Dendrobium phalaenopsis), the floral emblem of Queensland




For Singapore, the Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia) native to Asia (from India to Malaysia & s.e.Asia)



and the Tiger Orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) native to Malaysia, Indonesia & New Guinea



There are wild Bamboo Orchid plants growing near my neigbourhood.

Singapore 75c stamp from 1976 set of Aranda hybrids, on a cover to West Germany

A few of the wondrous orchid species found in New Guinea - 1998 Papua New Guinea set.




Coelogyne fragrans, the Fragrant Coelogyne, grows on trees in forests at elevations of 100m to 2000m.
Dendrobium cuthbertsonii grows at high altitudes (750m to 3500m).





Dendrobium vexillarius var. retroflexum, aka the Flag-carrying Dendrobium (referring to the odd-shaped flowers).
Dendrobium finisterrae, aka the End of the World Dendrobium, being from the Finisterre Mountains.

Here are 2 vending machine Frama Labels with orchids from Singapore - the Vanda Miss Joaquim again.

1995 Orchid Design (7th Series)





2003 Tourist Attractions Design (10th Series)

Another lovely stamp of the Cypripedium calceolus! thanks for showing!