Orchids On Singapore Stamps & World Stamps

El Salvador
Orchids
February 19, 1976
The stamp set features Caularthron bilamellatum, Pleurothallis schiedei, Oncidium oliganthum, Cyrtopodium punctatum, Spiranthes speciosa, Lycaste cruenta, Epidendrum vitellinum, Epidendrum radicans.

Aruba
Orchids
December 20, 2012
The stamp set features Laelia xanthina, Dendrobium, Dendrobium convolutum, Brassavola nodosa, Rossioglossum grande, Cattleya aclandiae, Cattleya, Epidendrum cinnabarinum, Phragmipedium Cardinale, Phragmipedium, Phalaenopsis, Cattleya gaskelliana.

One of the stamps in the Isle of Man's 1998-9 set of 13 "Flowers" definitives (Sc#s 766-70, 794-801) is an orchid. The 20p stamp (Sc#798) depicts a heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata).

From Wikipedia, "It is widespread in mountainous regions across much of Europe from Portugal and Iceland east to Russia. It is also found in Algeria, Morocco, and western Siberia."

This July 7, 1995 Hokkaido Prefecture issue of Japan (Sc #Z165) depicts the Rebun Island lady slipper (Cypripedium macranthos var. flavum). Rebun Island is in the north of Hokkaido Prefecture.

On February 21, 1992 Norway issued a stamp booklet with one pane of ten indigenous orchid stamps of two different designs. The stamps depict the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) and the fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera).

Here are Norway's two February 23, 1990 booklet stamps (Facit #s 1081-2) featuring native orchids. They are the common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsia) and dark-red, or royal helleborine orchid (Epipactis atrorubens).

Azerbaijan
Orchids - International Stamp Exhibition
September 1, 1995
The stamp set depicts Paphiopedilum argus and Paphiopedilum barbatum, Brasiliorchis picta, Laeliocattleya, Dendrobium nobile, the minisheet depicts Cattleya gloriette in a garden.

Philippines
Orchids
March 9, 1962
The stamp set depicts Vanda sanderiana, Phalaenopsis aphrodite, Dendrobium sanderae, Dendrobium anosmum.

Philippines
Orchids
December 3, 1999
The stamp set depicts Paphiopedilum haynaldianum, Phalaenopsis stuartiana, Trichoglottis brachiata, Ceratostylis rubra.

The Federal Republic of Germany's 1971 anti-tuberculosis/Christmas seals have a wildflower theme. One of these labels depicts the lady-slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), which is native to Europe and Asia.

From Wikipedia, "This is the largest orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm (2 ft) tall...It is a long-lived perennial and spreads using horizontal stems (rhizomes)."

On April 12, 2005 Ireland issued 5 new values of its eleventh definitive series "Native Wild Flowers". The 7c stamp (Hib. #D289/Sc #1608) depicts a fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera).

From Wikipedia, "The name arises because the inflorescence resembles a fly, although it is dependent on Hymenoptera for pollination. The plants use scent to attract male wasps which pollinate the flowers as they attempt to mate with them. The scent released by the flowers mimics female sexual pheromones."

The country's national flower, the white nun orchid (Lycaste skinneri) is depicted on the 2c value (Sc #293) from Guatemala's September 7, 1939 set of 5 pictorial stamps.

From Wikipedia, "Lycaste skinneri is a species of epiphyte orchid that resides in the south of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras at an average of 1650 meters (5413 ft) above sea level."

Malaysia
State Definitive series - Wild Orchids
December 4, 2018
The stamp set features Bulbophyllum virescens, Corybas carinatus, Vanilla griffithii, Phaius subtrilobus, Dendrobium macrophyllum var. ternatense, Anoectochilus reinwardtii.

New Caledonia
Endemic Orchids
September 9, 2013
The stamp set depicts Eriaxis rigida, Earina deplanchei, Eria karicouyensis, Dendrobium poissonianum.

Here is the 2c value (Hib #D285, Sc #1607) from Ireland's eleventh definitive series (wildflowers). Stamp was issued on April 12, 2005. Depicted is the Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata) identified as Irish Orchid on the stamp.

From wikipedia, "Neotinea maculata, the Dense-flowered Orchid, is an orchid native to Asia Minor and parts of Europe and North Africa."

And, from handyorchidsociety.org.uk, "Although the Dense-flowered Orchid used to occur on the Isle of Man it is now extinct there and confined to (western) Ireland where it is in steep decline due to loss of habitat."