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Thunia bensoniae 'Big Pink' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN7001
Name: Thunia bensoniae 'Big Pink' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
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Pod Parent Flower
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Offspring 'MC6934' Flower
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F). It is deciduous and needs a definite rest once leaves are shed. Once growth starts, water well and it is a heavy feeder. Likes organics. Best grown as a terrestrial. Plants grown epiphytically seems smaller to me. Propagate from old stems cut into 3 inch lengths and inserted into humus or sphagnum. It puts out keikis easily this way and they will bloom a few years later. This is a cooler growing species than T. marshalliana and happier under 83°F in the summer. Mine grows happily at 75°F. A cool winter to send the plant to dormancy is needed. Pods mature at 10 months.
 
Comments: Parent plant: This terrestrial, sometimes lithophytic or epiphytic species comes from the highlands in Thailand, Burma, and India.Medium-sized plant.
 

About the name...
Etymology of bensoniae   Named for Mrs. Benson, wife of General Benson, English officer in Burma, orchid enthusiast, 19th century. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Thunia   Named for the orchid enthusiast Count Thun-Hohenstein in Bohemia in the 19th century. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Thunia   THOO-nee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
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Yield Estimate: 244 plants (based on flask surveys done 12/09/2010 through 05/31/2012)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 20 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 09/28/2011 through 03/14/2012)
From one most recently surveyed flask 40 - 80 mm (03/14/2012)
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