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Dendrobium bigibbum (Cooktown Orchid)

Synonyms: Callista bigibba (homotypic); Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum; Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. schroderianum; Vappodes bigibba (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Two-humped Dendrobium (Dendrobium bigibbum) is a species of orchid. It is native to New Guinea and to the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It is also reportedly naturalized in Hawaii.
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Infraspecies

Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum
Dendrobium bigibbum var. albopurpuratum
Dendrobium bigibbum var. bigibbum
Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum
Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens
Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum (Curly Pinks) (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Structure [2]  Herb

Emblem of

Queensland

Predators

Hemiberlesia rapax (greedy scale)[3]
Pseudococcus dendrobiorum[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0