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The Wonders of Nature 3

Thunia bensoniae

 

This species of Thunia was named in 1868 by the famous English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker to honour the wife of General Benson in Burma (Myanmar), who was also an avid orchid collector.

 

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Uploaded on June 28, 2011
Taken on June 24, 2011