Cadetia macroloba (J.J.Sm.) Schltr. 1912 Photo by Ingrid Pape and The Orchideen Europe Forun

Common Name The Large Lobed Cadetia

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in New Guinea at elevations of 1680 to 2530 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with clustered, erect, cylindrical, 4 angled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong to elliptic-oblong, smooth, leathery leaf that blooms on 1 to 2, terminal, .7 to 1.1" [1.8 to 2.8 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Cadetia angusticalcarata Gilli 1980 publ. 1983; *Dendrobium macrolobum J.J.Sm. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912; The Orchids of the High Mountains of New Guinea Royen 1979 as Dendrobium macrolobum drawing good; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as Dendrobium macrolobum

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