US 2020 Three Birds Orchid ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5439


US 2020 Three Birds Orchid ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5439


Series: Wild Orchids (2020)

Stamp details: Three Birds Orchid (Triphora trianthophoros)

Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)

Emission: Definitive (Coil)

Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000

First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5439
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6064
Michel (Germany): 5683
Unificato (Italy): 5842

Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm

Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America

Printing Method: Offset

Stamp Colors: Multicolored

Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants

Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)

Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.

Description:- Triphora trianthophoros, the threebirds or three birds orchid, or nodding pogonia, is a species of terrestrial orchid native to eastern North America. Triphora trianthophoros is a small, terrestrial, semi-saprophytic orchid. The showiest member of its genus, T. trianthophoros has 1-8 (often 3, thus the name) nodding flowers that are roughly 2 cm in size and sit atop stems 8–25 cm tall. Leaves are small (~1 cm X 1.5 cm) and typically dark green to purple. The orchid blooms from July through September, but is infamous for its elusive nature, with ephemeral flowers lasting for only several hours on a few days of the year. It has further been reported that populations across a region synchronize blooming on specific days, making observation of flowering specimens even more difficult. Several forms of T. trianthophoros exist, including forma albidoflava (Keenan) with white flowers, forma caerulea (P.M. Brown) with blue flowers, and forma rossii (P.M. Brown) with multi-colored flowers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triphora_trianthophoros