This epiphytic orchid belongs to a group adapted to a marked dry season. Its flowers can have a strong raspberry-like fragrance; flowering is linked to a seasonal rest.
Listed size: orchid with pendulous canes. Flowering or reproductive structures: flowers on older, often leafless canes. These describe the taxon, rather than a measurement of the particular plant in Prague.
Lifespan: A numerical lifespan range is not established by the references used.
Marta Kubišová (born 1 November 1942) is a Czech singer. By the time of the Prague Spring of 1968, with her song “Modlitba pro Martu” (“A prayer for Marta”), she was one of the most popular female singers in Czechoslovakia. In 1967 she won Zlatý slavík award (English: Golden Nightingale). Her song “Prayer for Marta” became a symbol of national resistance against the occupation of Warsaw Pact troops in 1968.
During the Prague Spring, she recorded over 200 SP records and one LP, Songy a Balady (Songs and Ballads, released in 1969), which was immediately banned from stores. In 1970, the regime also banned her from any performing. In 1971, she arranged Angelo Michajlov’s score for Dívka na Koštěti (The Girl on a Broomstick). She was a signatory of the Charter 77 proclamation and one of its spokesmen. Her first LPs after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 were a re-issue of Songy a Balady and a compilation of old songs, titled Lampa.
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