"The Southern Florida Wetland is the latest natural habitat to be featured in the Postal Service's series designed to promote appreciation of ... plant and animal communities in the United States. The pane of self-adhesive stamps will be released next week. ... Artist John D. Dawson depicted more than 20 kinds of plants and animals... The scene... is imaginary: ... a dense grouping of plants and animals... to illustrate as many species as possible. A description and a key to the artwork appear on the back of the pane, along with a list of common and scientific names.
Pictured are: ... a cowhorn orchid [Cyrtopodium punctatum]; and some... vanilla orchids." article URL : http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-stamps0926.artsep26,0,1893988.story?track=rss ********* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
