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Cadetia

Cadetia taylorii plate
Cadetia taylorii from Australian Orchids

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
Alliance:
Genus: Cadetia
Gaudich. 1829
Type Species
Cadetia umbellata


Cadetia abbreviated as Cad. in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids consisting of about 50 species

Distribution[]

Plants are distributed from New Guinea to Australia and Indonesia.

Description[]

Plants in this genus have small flowers and usually grow in a shrub like structure

Culture[]

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or small fir bark. Plants are best grown mounted

Naming[]

The genus is named after Cadet de Gassicourt ,author of a dictionary of chemical terms and of a formulary in France .

Synonyms[]

  1. Callista Lour.

Species[]

  • Cadetia albiflora (Ridl.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia angustifolia Blume, 1849.
  • Cadetia apiculifera (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia aprina (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia aprinoides (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, 1961.
  • Cadetia arfakensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia bicornuta Schltr., Repert. 1919.
  • Cadetia biloba Blume, 1849.
  • Cadetia ceratostyloides (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia chamaephytum (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia chionantha (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia citrina (Ridl.) Schuit., 1994.
  • Cadetia clausa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., 2006.
  • Cadetia collina Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia collinsii Lavarack, 1981.
  • Cadetia crassula Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia cuneilabia Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia cyclopensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia doormanii (J.J.Sm.) Schuit., 1994.
  • Cadetia echinocarpa Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia finisterrae Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia funiformis (Blume) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia goliathensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia heteroidea (Blume) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia hispida (A.Rich.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia homochroma (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia imitans Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia karoensis (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia lagorum (P.Royen) Schuit., 1994.
  • Cadetia latoureoides Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia ledifolia (J.J.Sm.) W.Kittr., 1984 publ. 1985.
  • Cadetia legareiensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia lucida Schltr., R1912.
  • Cadetia macroloba (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia maideniana (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia maliliensis (J.J.Sm.) Schuit., 1998.
  • Cadetia micronephelium (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia microphyton (L.O.Williams) Christenson, 1992.
  • Cadetia opacifolia (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia ordinata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia parvula Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia platyloba Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia potamophila Schltr., 1912.
    • Cadetia potamophila var. kenejiae Schltr., 1912.
    • Cadetia potamophila var. potamophila.
  • Cadetia pseudoaprina (J.J.Sm.) Schuit., 1994.
  • Cadetia quadrangularis P.J.Cribb & B.A.Lewis, 1989.
  • Cadetia quadriquetra Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia quinqueloba Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia recurvata Blume, 1849.
  • Cadetia remotisepala (J.J.Sm.) Schuit., 1994.
  • Cadetia sayeri (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia sepikana Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia siewhongii P.O'Byrne, 1996.
  • Cadetia similis Blume, 1849.
  • Cadetia stenocentrum (Schltr.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia subfalcata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia subradiata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1922.
  • Cadetia takadui Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia taylorii (F.Muell.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia transversiloba (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia triquetra (Ridl.) Schltr., 1912.
  • Cadetia umbellata Gaudich., 1829.
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