Cadetia taylori

[Tindomul]

Sounds good for a terrarium!

[Bud]

this plant is still sold by Kawamoto Orchids of Hawaii and it a reasonable deal, not a pricy orchid. I was attracted to the color and form of the flower and fragrant at that....

[WhiteRabbit]

Nice!

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Bud

You must be right, Andrew....there is a lot of renaming and reclassification going on and I am not surprised that Cadetia is now back to Dendrobium.

It's an issue with how the taxonomists are interpreting the DNA evidence. Both the 'lumpers' and the 'splitters' agree that Dendrobium relatives like Cadetia, Flickingeria, Diplocaulobium etc have evolved as specialised lines within Dendrobium sensu lato. A group in Australia has argued to keep Cadetia etc and split Dendrobium up into lots of smaller genera on the basis that it's not scientific to maintain huge genera like Dendrobium whilst at the same time allowing other more closely related taxa to be split off into separate genera. Those arguing to keep Dendrobium intact based on the ICBN rules regarding conserving names and avoiding unnecessary splitting, which includes Kew, have accepted that they have to put Cadetia etc back into Dendrobium in order to keep Dendrobium monophyletic.

[Orchids4ever]

This is a very nice one, Bud.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Nice!

Thank You, Sonya !

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Originally Posted by Andrew

It's an issue with how the taxonomists are interpreting the DNA evidence. Both the 'lumpers' and the 'splitters' agree that Dendrobium relatives like Cadetia, Flickingeria, Diplocaulobium etc have evolved as specialised lines within Dendrobium sensu lato. A group in Australia has argued to keep Cadetia etc and split Dendrobium up into lots of smaller genera on the basis that it's not scientific to maintain huge genera like Dendrobium whilst at the same time allowing other more closely related taxa to be split off into separate genera. Those arguing to keep Dendrobium intact based on the ICBN rules regarding conserving names and avoiding unnecessary splitting, which includes Kew, have accepted that they have to put Cadetia etc back into Dendrobium in order to keep Dendrobium monophyletic.

That is good to know, but I still do not like Botanists who are humans that keep committing mistakes that keep on changing names and classifications....in another half century they will reclassify orchids again and rename orchids again because the head honcho of RHS found a reason to just rename orchids....just for kicks.....that is why I do not have respect for RHS and KEW=they are supposed to be top scientists of the world and they still do not get things right as simple as naming an orchid....and growers pay RHS to register the orchids they did a hybrid on. RHS have the monopoly on registering orchids and RHS do not have any competition so RHS feel they can do just about anything without any repercussion nor anyone monitoring their actions.

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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever

This is a very nice one, Bud.

Thank You, Monika!

[Bud]

The faint fragrance caught my attention and I was glad to see several flowers in bloom.

[Leafmite]

That is a very cute one! I have never seen it either until this post! Wow!

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Please just keep the taxonomists away from the herbs and fruit trees! I really don't want confusion there!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

That is a very cute one! I have never seen it either until this post! Wow!

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Please just keep the taxonomists away from the herbs and fruit trees! I really don't want confusion there!

Thank You for the visit, Leafmite !!!!

*that would be the day when taxonomists name an apple something else just cause they found a disparaging evidence in its DNA....LOL

[RosieC]

Pretty!