{"id":2043361,"date":"2017-03-15T21:09:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/romagazin\/en\/product\/flowers-national-symbol\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T07:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:32:46","slug":"flowers-national-symbol","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/product\/flowers-national-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"FLOWERS, NATIONAL SYMBOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/flori_simbol_de_tara_emis.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2014901 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/flori_simbol_de_tara_emis-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flora, a beloved theme for those passionate by philately, is once again taken up this year by <strong>Romfilatelia<\/strong> within the postage stamp issue <strong><em>\u201cFlowers, National Symbol\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Together with the symbol flower of each state, the national flag completes the stamp illustration.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Romania<\/strong> is bordered by Bulgaria to the south, Serbia to the southwest, Hungary to the northwest, Ukraine in the north and east and Moldova to the east and the Black Sea to the southeast.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>peony<\/strong> whose image is reproduced on the stamp with the face value <strong>Lei 1.50<\/strong> is a flower species unique to Europe. In the country there are five nature reserves for <strong><em>Paeonia peregrina <\/em><\/strong>in Teleorman, Mures, Olt, Dolj and Giurgiu.<\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s national symbol flower, the <em>peony<\/em>, is also known under the name of the Palm of the Lord\u2019s Mother (verbatim). All its other names are popular, archaic and describe the Romanian peony.<\/p>\n<p>In popular culture, the peony is often associated with longing, with physical beauty or love.<\/p>\n<p>The symbol flower of the <strong>Republic of Moldova<\/strong> is the <strong>basil<\/strong>, whose image is reproduced on the stamp with the face value of <strong>Lei 4.50<\/strong>. To the left of the Prut it\u2019s one of the most beloved and sung plants. Because of its special aromatic oils and its preservative properties, basil is used in the Orthodox Church rituals to produce holy water, having the role of chasing away evil spirits. At the same time, in local tradition this plant is considered the flower of love and luck; it is also present in most magical practices for marital purposes. In popular medicine, basil is used as a plant with talismanic properties for memory improvement and as an anti-stress remedy.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Republic of Croatia\u2019s<\/strong> national flower, illustrated on the stamp with the face value of <strong>Lei 8<\/strong>, is <strong><em>Iris croatica<\/em><\/strong>. The Croatian name for this flower is <em>Perunika<\/em> and comes from the name of Perun, who was the greatest god of thunder and lightning in Slavic mythology. Legend has it that <em>Perunika<\/em> will only grow in the place where the god Perun\u2019s lightning struck.In 2000, the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences proclaimed the <em>Perunika<\/em> as Croatia\u2019s national flower. <em>Iris croatica<\/em> is distinguished primarily from many other subspecies by the greatness of all its plant parts, the flowers being oval and richer. We can admire the beauty of the <strong>iris<\/strong> flowers in summer and autumn. About the gorgeous purple flower, herbalists claim that it is a simple remedy to keep a variety of diseases under control. The gorgeous flower that we find in gardens, parks and even in pots on terraces is a less known cure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulgaria<\/strong>, a beautiful country in the Southeast European continent, has the <strong>rose<\/strong> as a national symbol.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rosa damascena <\/em><\/strong>whose image is reproduced on the stamp with the face value of <strong>Lei 15<\/strong> is a symbol of this country, considered a worldwide brand, and the wide range of cosmetics that have rose aromas are called \u201cBulgarian gold\u201d or \u201cliquid gold\u201d.<em>Rosa damascena <\/em>or <em>Kazanlak Rose<\/em> is a highly fragrant flowering plant from which essential oil, confiture and syrup are extracted. From this variety of rose one can extract 30% more oil than of any other rose. The pink flowers have about 30 petals, hence the name of <em>Trigintipetala<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Romfilatelia thanks the \u201cDimitrie Brandza\u201d Botanical Garden of the University of Bucharest, the Republic of Moldova Embassy in Romania, the Republic of Croatia Embassy in Romania, the Republic of Bulgaria Embassy in Romania for their documentary support granted in the creation of this postage stamp issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2014902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/flori_simbol_de_tara_caract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flora, a beloved theme for those passionate by philately, is once again taken up this year by Romfilatelia within the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2043362,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_cat":[2535,2475],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2043361","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-2017-annual-collections","7":"product_cat-annual-collections","8":"desktop-align-left","9":"tablet-align-left","10":"mobile-align-left","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"product-type-grouped"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2043361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2043361"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2043361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}