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Dendrobium bigibbum

Cooktown orchid
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. bigibbum
Binomial name
Dendrobium bigibbum
Synonyms[2]
  • Callista bigibba (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Durabaculum bigibbum (Lindl.) M.A.Clem.
  • Vappodes bigibba (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Dendrobium bigibbum, commonly known as the Cooktown orchid or mauve butterfly orchid,[3] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs, each with between three and five green or purplish leaves and arching flowering stems with up to twenty, usually lilac-purple flowers. It occurs in tropical North Queensland, Australia and New Guinea.

Illustration by Lewis Roberts
Flower detail

There are four varieties of this orchid, each of which has previously been considered a separate species.

  1. ^ "Appendices I, II and III". Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. ^ a b "Dendrobium bigibbum". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 417–418. ISBN 978-1877069123.

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