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| image = Dendrobium bensoniae Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25 230 (1867) (48426019351).jpg<br />
| image_caption = Flower of ''D. bensoniae''<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |last1=Brummitt |first1=N. |year=2013 |title=''Dendrobium bensoniae'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T44392716A44421263 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44392716A44421263.en |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Dendrobium bensoniae<br />
| authority = [[Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach|Rchb.f.]]<br />
| synonyms = *''Callista bensoniae'' <small>(Rchb.f.) [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small><br />
*''Dendrobium bensoniae'' var. ''aurantiacum'' <small>Rchb.f.</small><br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite web |title=''Dendrobium bensoniae'' Rchb.f. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A626908-1 |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref><br />
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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]].<br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
''Dendrobium bensoniae'' is native to northeastern [[India]] ([[Assam]], [[Mizoram]], and [[Manipur]]), [[Bangladesh]], mainland [[Myanmar]], and [[Thailand]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=POWO/><ref name=Agriculturists>{{cite journal |last1=Riva |first1=S. S. |last2=Islam |first2=A. |last3=Hoque |first3=M. E. |year=2016 |title=In vitro Regeneration and Rapid Multiplication of Dendrobium bensoniae, an Indigenous Ornamental Orchid |journal=The Agriculturists|volume=14 |issue=2 |page=24-31 |doi=10.3329/agric.v14i2.31341 |doi-access=free |issn=2304-7321 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aparna-Islam-2/publication/313278603_In_vitro_Regeneration_and_Rapid_Multiplication_of_Dendrobium_bensoniae_an_Indigenous_Ornamental_Orchid/links/64718d256a3c4c6efbe227f8/In-vitro-Regeneration-and-Rapid-Multiplication-of-Dendrobium-bensoniae-an-Indigenous-Ornamental-Orchid.pdf}}</ref><ref name=Kataki1970>{{cite journal |last1=Kataki |first1=S. K. |last2=Krishna |first2=Bijay |year=1970 |title=''Dendrobium bensoniae'' Reichb. F. - A New Find from Mizo (Lushai) Hills, Mizoram |journal=Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India |publisher=[[Botanical Survey of India]] |volume=12 |pages=260-261 |issn=0976-5069 |url=https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/JONBSI/article/view/76339/66643}}</ref> It grows as an [[epiphyte]] on tree trunks in moist lowland and submontane forests.<ref name=IUCN/><br />
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==Description==<br />
''D. bensoniae'' is an upright, [[deciduous]] plant. The stems measure {{cvt|3.5-7.5|cm}} long and {{cvt|4-8|mm}} thick and each bear two to five leaves. The flowers measure approximately {{cvt|4.6|cm}} across and are mostly white in colour, with two dark purple blotches surrounded by yellow on the inside of the [[Labellum (botany)|labellum]].<ref name=Kataki1970/><br />
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[[Category:Dendrobium|bensoniae]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1867]]<br />
[[Category:Orchids of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Orchids of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Orchids of Myanmar]]<br />
[[Category:Orchids of Thailand]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach]]<br />
[[Category:Epiphytic orchids]]<br />
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