[Aroid-l] Fw: Aroid stamp

From: edleigh7 at optusnet.com.au (edleigh) on 2007.10.08 at 07:49:16(16423) What a great collection of stamps you have there, Marek!! Regards, Ed & Leigh +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marek Argent" To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid stamp > If I could draw better I would make a series with aroids (coz I hate > stamps > with photographed plants) > and I would send it to the national post with a proposal of an aroid > issue. > The plants would be also not the most popular ones > coz on the most of stamps with aroids there are Anthurium andreanum & > scherzerianum and Zantedeschia cultivars > My series would be: Spirodela polyrrhiza, Epipremnum pinnatum 'Aureum', > Helicodiceros muscivorus, Alocasia reginula and Amorphophallus (maybe > muelleri). > > Now you can see my collection of aroid stamps on the page: > http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/stamps/stampe.htm > But it hasn't been updated for a long time and I plan to modify it. > > Marek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mossytrail" > To: > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 1:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid stamp > > >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> >> >> __________ NOD32 Informacje 2572 (20071004) __________ >> >> Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 >> http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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