| Dendrobium bensoniae | |
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| Flower of D. bensoniae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Dendrobium |
| Species: | D. bensoniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobium bensoniae | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Dendrobium bensoniae is a species of orchid native to Asia. It was described by German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1867 and is now popular as an ornamental plant.
Dendrobium bensoniae is native to northeastern India (Assam, Mizoram, and Manipur), Bangladesh, mainland Myanmar, and Thailand. [1] [2] [3] [4] It grows as an epiphyte on tree trunks in moist lowland and submontane forests. [1]
D. bensoniae is an upright, deciduous plant. The stems measure 3.5–7.5 cm (1.4–3.0 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) thick and each bear two to five leaves. The flowers measure approximately 4.6 cm (1.8 in) across and are mostly white in colour, with two dark purple blotches surrounded by yellow on the inside of the labellum. [4]
Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific. Orchids in this genus have roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks, rarely having their roots in soil. Up to six leaves develop in a tuft at the tip of a shoot and from one to a large number of flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem. Several attempts have been made to separate Dendrobium into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
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