Orchids 2023: Gymnadenia conopsea

Description

Issue of November 14, 2023

Special series
Charity stamps 2023 Orchids in Luxembourg - 2
 
The second series on the theme of Orchids in Luxembourg, in cooperation with the Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History, features the following species: Anacamptis pyramidalis, Orchis anthropophora, Himantoglossum hircinum and Gymnadenia conopsea. These four species of orchids can all live on dry grasslands with few nutrients, tolerate water shortages in summer and large fluctuations in temperature.
 
Price of the series: €6.85
Photos: Marianne Majerus (LU)
Layout: Ierace, Dechmann & Partners (LU)
Printing: Digital Print, Bpost Stamps Factory, Malines (BE)
Dimensions: 30 x 40 mm,
10 stamps per sheet with decorated borders