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  [Aroid-l] Aroid stamp
From: mossytrail at hctc.com (mossytrail) on 2007.10.03 at 23:10:07(16387)
Almost each country has an issue of stamps with
> cacti or tropical orchids. There's no rule that only the
> native (or endemic) plants should be on stamps. However
> aroids are rare on stamps. I think it should be a
> recognizable group together with cacti, orchids and roses.
> My country (Poland) has never released any stamp with an
> aroid, but the neighbours did (Germany - 3 stamps and
> Czech Rep. also 3 stamps). In our area grow wild: Calla
> palustris, Arum orientale, Arum maculatum, a few species
> of Lemna and Spirodela polyrrhiza.
>
It will be a most unusual country that issues a stamp with
any Lemnoidea. But those other European Araceae would
certainly be nice to see on stamps.

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