Thai Orchids (1st Series) 5. Dendrobium falconeri

กล้วยไม้ไทย (ชุด 1)

1967/2510-04-01

To publicize Thai orchids

1967/14-21

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2,400 Baht (unused), 750 Baht (used)

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27 x 21 mm

1,000,000 pieces for design 1967/14; 2,000,000 pieces for design 1967/15; and 500,000 pieces each for designs 1967/16-21

The Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Various orchids found in Thailand: 1. Vandopsis parishii, in Thai called lin krabeua (ลิ้นกระบือ), literally ‘buffalo tongue’; 2. Ascocentrum curvifolium, known in Thai as euang khem daeng (เอื้องเข็มแดง); 3. Rhynchostylis retusa, in Thai referred to as puang malai (พวงมาลัย), i.e. ‘cluster of flowers’; 4. Rhynchostylis gigantea Sagarik Strain, in Thai known as chang daeng (ช้างแดง), which translates as ‘red elephant’; 5. Dendrobium falconeri, in Thai called sai wisut (สายวิสูตร); 6. Paphiopedilum callosum, known in Thai as rong thao narih khahng kob (รองเท้านารีคางกบ); 7. Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum, in Thai referred to as euang ngun luang (เอื้องเงินหลวง); 8. Dendrobium primulinum, in Thai named sai nahm khiaw (สายน้ำเขียว)

orchid, luang, puang malai, krabeua, chang