US 2020 Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid 55c. Scott. 5450
Series: Wild Orchids (2020)
Stamp details: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive
Format: PSA Double-sided booklet of 20
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5450
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6059
Michel (Germany): 5678BEur
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5293
Unificato (Italy): 5837
Dimensions (height x width):
30.25mm x 23.1mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11 x 10¾
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 50,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Stamp details: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive
Format: PSA Double-sided booklet of 20
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5450
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6059
Michel (Germany): 5678BEur
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5293
Unificato (Italy): 5837
Dimensions (height x width):
30.25mm x 23.1mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11 x 10¾
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 50,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Description:- Platanthera leucophaea, commonly known as the prairie white fringed orchid or eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare species of orchid native to North America. It is listed as a threatened species in the United States on September 28, 1989. The IUCN does not currently recognize it as being at risk. Platanthera leucophaea is found in moist to wet tallgrass prairie, sedge meadows, fens, and old fields. For optimum growth, little or no woody encroachment should be near the habitat. Historically, the eastern prairie fringed orchid is found primarily in the Great Lakes Region with isolated populations in Maine, Virginia, Iowa, and Missouri. A historic record exists for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The plant has not been observed in Oklahoma in the past 150 years. The major factor in the decline of the eastern prairie fringed orchid has been a loss of habitat due to grazing, fire suppression, and agricultural conversion.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_leucophaea
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_leucophaea