Stamp catalog : Stamp › National flower-Heliconia rostrata

Country:: Bolivia
Series:: Patriotic Symbols
Catalog codes:: Michel BO 1467
Stamp Number BO 1133
Yvert et Tellier BO 1083
Stanley Gibbons BO 1540
Themes:: Flowers | Philatelic Exhibitions | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:: 2001-06-29
Colors:: Multicolor
Watermark:: No Watermark
Printers:: Industria Lara Bisch S. A.
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Definitive
Perforation:: comb 13¾ x 13½
Printing:: Offset lithography
Face value:: 10 Bs. - Bolivian boliviano
Print run:: 300,000
Score:: 67% Accuracy: Medium
Description:: Issued also on occasion of the Paz del Chaco Philatelic Exhibition.

Heliconia rostrata (also known as hanging lobster claw) is an herbaceous perennial native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico. It has downward-facing flowers, the flowers thus providing a source of nectar to birds. Along with the Kantuta flower, Heliconia rostrata, known as patujú, is the national flower of Bolivia.
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