Date of issue: 21 January 2025 (stamp dated 2024)
Designer: Sharon Rodziewicz, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO

This is the one in a series of 3 'Native Orchids' stamps.

Plant: Thelymitra apiculata

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Cleopatra's Needles

Cleopatra's Needles, is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae
and endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect,
curved, dark green leaf with a purplish base and up to twelve purplish
flowers with darker blotches and golden yellow edges. There are two yellow
arms on the sides of the column, each ending with a needle-like point.