''Angraecum cadetii'' is a species of
orchid endemic to
Mauritius and
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
. It was named after
botanist
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Thérésien Cadet. It is the only known
flower known to be
pollinated by a
cricket
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, specifically by a
species of
raspy cricket: ''
Glomeremus orchidophilus
''Glomeremus orchidophilus'' is a recently (2010) discovered species of raspy cricket found in the island of Réunion in the Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the I ...
''.
References
External links
Video clip of ''Angraecum cadetii'' pollination*
*
cadetii
Plants described in 1987
Orchids of Mauritius
Orchids of Réunion
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