Vanda bensonii Bateman 1866 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name Benson's Vanda [English officer and Orchid Enthusiast in Burma 1800's] - In Thailand - Sampoi phae

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Assam Indai, Myanamar and Thailand in deciduous forests at low to moderate elevations as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with an erect, leafy stem carrying lorate, coriaceous, alternate leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect, racemose, stout, to 18" [45 cm] long several flowered [10-20] inflorescence with fragrant flowers occuring in the spring and occaisionally at other times of the year.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1867; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;

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