Neofinetia

Neofinetia was a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, that is now regarded as a synonym of Vanda.

[1] The type species was introduced to the West from Japan by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, and placed in the genus Orchis.

Neofinetia is named in honor of Achille Eugène Finet, a French botanist and author of Contributions a la Flore de L'Asie Orientale.

The Greek prefix neo, (new) was added to distinguish it from another plant genus named earlier to honor Finet.

In the last part of the 20th century, it gained a great deal of attention in hybrid programs with other vandaceous orchids, thanks to its relative hardiness, scent, compact size, and above all, ease of culture.