Postage stamp. Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth II. 1997. Greetings Stamps. Flower Paintings. Guzmania splendens. 1st

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Stamp designed by Tuttsels, Litho Walsall. The stamp depicts Guzmania splendens (Charlotte Sowerby). Guzmania splendens (droophead tufted airplant or scarlet star) is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae, native to rainforest habitats in Central America, northern and central South America, southern Mexico and the West Indies. It is an evergreen epiphytic perennial. The Latin word lingulata means "tongue-shaped". Foliage grows in a star-shaped basal rosette which culminates in an orange and red bracted inflorescence. It is among the most commonly cultivated bromeliad types, with cultivars producing flowers in shades of maroon, red, orange, yellow or pink. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Size: 3000px × 2258px
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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