"blossomed for the first time... in a Spruce Grove-area greenhouse 11 years ago...
The hybrid flower grown in 1996 by... Gordon Heaps... is one of four Canadian hybrid orchids featured on a set of Canada Post stamps... called... Potinara Janet Elizabeth Fire Dancer... illustration for the 96-cent U.S.-rate stamp. Gordon... the flower he named after his wife [Janet]. Gordon has been growing orchids as a hobby for about 30 years... Janet worked as an official photographer for various orchid shows in Edmonton in the late 1990s and at the World Orchid Congress in Vancouver in 1999. Gordon... has more than a dozen hybrids registered with the society [Royal Horticultural Society]. ... There are 26 indigenous wild orchids in Alberta... About 80 orchid species grow in Canada... Canada Post chose four Canada-bred hybrid orchids for its stamp designs based on their variation in shape, size and colour, as well as the region in Canada where they are grown. Each stamp was illustrated by Montreal artist Sigmond Pifko to show a front view and a profile of the flowers. ... Potinara Janet Elizabeth Fire Dancer... predominantly yellow blooms with magenta lips" URL : http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=4fc798ab-b2e3-4eac-8217-ad144a214f61&k=28388 see also : http://www.canadapost.ca/business/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/default-e.asp?prid=1265 ********************************* Joyeuses Fetes / Happy Holiday Season ! VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
