[Aroid-l] Aroid stamp

From: abri1973 at wp.pl (Marek Argent) on 2007.09.28 at 20:38:55(16360) MessageAlmost 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. Marek +More ----- Original Message ----- From: Denis Rotolante To: 'Discussion of aroids' Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid stamp Anybody can pick out a bunch of pretty flowers or fruits to put on stamps, but Some of these plants are not even native to Micronesia.This is obviously not meant to be a botanical drawing but an artist's rendition of something cute to put on stamps. A stamp collector would apreciate a little accuracy in the stamps a country produces what else makes them collectible. Native flowers and fruits on a country's stamps should be a given, I guess Micronesia doesn't care. Denis -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Kyle Baker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:25 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid stamp no photo available...says its a binary file,,,good lord do they make those anymore? kfb maine Marek Argent wrote: Hello, The 16th stamp in this sheet is named "taro", but the leaf doesn't look like Colocasia esculenta, rather like Xanthosoma sp. What may it be? I know that artist sometimes don't see important features for botanists. http://photos02.allegro.pl/photos/oryginal/248/70/61/248706105 Besides I read somewhere that in various regions of the world, different species are cultivated as "taro". Can anyone help? Marek Argent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. __________ NOD32 Informacje 2554 (20070926) __________ 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 __________ NOD32 Informacje 2554 (20070926) __________ Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20070928/59848d6f/attachment.htm

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