More Beautiful Lithops Stamps

As if collecting Lithops wasn't eccentric enough, now I'm collecting stamps of Lithops. Good grief....

These lovely stamps hail from Benin. They were issued August 30, 1997, and are part of a set of six. I cannot find the name of the artist. From the left, we have Lithops fulviceps, Lithops helmutii, and Lithops aucampiae, all in bloom.

The other three in the set show a Stapelia, a Faucaria, and a Conophytum. If you know more about the history of the set, or who created the lithographs, leave a comment!

Mesembs Art: Stamps by Hein Botha

I just wanted to share two lovely South African stamps from a set painted by Hein Botha in 1988. The top stamp is of the gorgeous diva mesemb, Frithia pulchra, and the lower is of the very popular and distinctive Lithops dorotheae.

I have both plants in my collection, so I couldn't resist adding their portraits!

Frithia pulcra, MR

L. dorotheae

I looked up Hein Botha and saw that he is still painting, and has a website. Here's the Bio page for those interested:
 http://www.heinzone.co.za/bio.html

I'm always happy to share the work of a Lithops artist! To all my readers, have a wonderful, creative weekend.