Cadetia clausa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2006 SECTION Cadetia

Another Angle Photos by Mark Clements Copyright © 2009,

LATE THROUGH MID

Common Name The Closed Cadetia - In Australia The Closed Burr Orchid

Flower Size .15" [3 mm]

Found in Moa Island of Queensland on hills with rough barked trees in rainforests at elevations of 150 to 300 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with slender, widening from base to apex, flattened stems carrying dark green, thin textured, notched leaves that blooms in the late spring through mid winter on very short single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Dendrobium reconditum Schuit. & Peter B.Adams 2011

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 drawing/photo fide;

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------