Cadetia echinocarpa Schltr. 1912 SECTION Cadetia
Plant in situ Papua New Guinea Photos by © Jeffrey Champion
Common Name The Spiny Seed Pod Cadetia
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Papua New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago in sea level rainforests as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on a short, single flowered inflorescence holding the flower at the leaf base and arising through a dry spathe and has a pubescent pedicel and ovary.
CAUTION the photo quality is not good enough to ensure a positive ID So please use with caution.
Synonyms Dendrobium echinocarpum (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. 1912
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85 drawing fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 633 - 752 Brieger 1981 drawing fide; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994 as C aff echinocarpa drawing fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo ok
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