Thunia bensoniae Hook.f. 1868
Photo by © Art Vogel
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Common Name Mrs. Benson's Thunia [English Wife of English General in Myanamar 1800's]
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in India, Myanamar and Thailand is a warm to cool growing terrestrial with a jointed stem carrying, velvety, light green, plicate leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, 2 to 6 flowered that needs a large day/night temperature difference to bloom properly. It also drops all it's leaves in the late fall and needs to have a long winter rest to avoid rotting. Resume normal care when the new growths appear.
Synonyms Thunia winniana L.Linden 1894
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 2 1957; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984 as T winniana; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo ok; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #7 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #11 2019 drawing fide;
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