| Cadetia taylori photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Mueller) Schlechter Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, beihefte 1 : 424 1912 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Cadetia Gaudichaud 1829 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | rain forests, mangrovie swamps, on trees or rocks, in Australia (Queensland), Papua |
| altitude | 0 - 600 m (0 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mitchell (Cape York, Queensland, Australia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Bsh, steppe hot-dry climate | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mitchell this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 45 m' to 10 h 15 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 0,5 cm (0.2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| size | single flower 0.3 L 0.7 cm (0.12" L 0.28") | |
| durata | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
