在战争结束后的那些年，班森和他的妻子不辞辛苦地致力于培育维多利亚大王莲（又称维多利亚亚马逊睡莲）。该睡莲原产于南美洲亚马逊河流域，野生的此种睡莲直径可超2.5米（8英尺），因而闻名于世。
In his years after the war , Bahnson and his wife worked tirelessly to cultivate the Victoria Regal water lily , an Amazonian species known to reach widths of over 2.5 meters ( 8 ft ) in the wild .
亚马逊睡莲