Dendrobium subretusum J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 17 (1912).
Syn. Cadetia imitans Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 428 (1912).
Plant cultivated at the Leiden botanical garden. Accession number 20030323.
Plant collected in the Central prov. Papua New Guinea.
Leiden herbarium number 24646