Date of issue: 6 August 2002
Designer: Thaneth Ponchaiwong, Thailand Philatelic Dept.
Stamp size: 37.5 x 26 mm
Plant: Nymphaea immutabilis
Family: NYMPHACEAE
Water Lily
Vigorous aquatic with large, floating, toothed leaves, to 75 cm diameter,
produced from a small tuber. Bears flowers to 25 cm diameter, usually blue but
sometimes white, on long pedicels. Flowers are held above the surface of the
water.
Distribution: NT, Qld.