Thursday, 16 April 2020

16th April - National Orchid Day




Orchids are a widespread family of flowering plants that are very colourful and fragrant. Each year on April 16th, National Orchid Day recognizes this beautiful family of flowering plants. The creators  of this day,  Mike and Faith Young, were volunteers at an orchid reserve in Mexico. They chose this day as Orchid day to remember their late infant daughter, Orchid Faith, who they lost on the same day in 2014, with their favourite flower - the Orchids.

Though it is started in 2015 at Mexico, the orchid lovers from all around the world started adopting April 16th as Orchid day.

Below, is a beautiful and colourful miniature sheet on Orchids issued by India on 8th August 2016. India is home to 1256 species of Orchids.

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