| Cooktown orchid
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Asparagales
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| Family:
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Orchidaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Epidendroideae
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| Genus:
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Dendrobium
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| Species:
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D. bigibbum
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| Binomial name
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Dendrobium bigibbum
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| Synonyms
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- Callista bigibba (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze
- Callista phalaenopsis Fitzg.) Kuntze
- Callista sumneri (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton f. bigibbum
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. compactum Dockrill nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. compactum G.Piper nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. compactum St.Cloud nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. compactum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. compactum Upton nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) St.Cloud
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. superbium A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Dendrobium bigibbum f. superbum G.Piper nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton subsp. bigibbum
- Dendrobium bigibbumsubsp. compactum D.L.Jones nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum subsp. phalaenopsis D.L.Jones nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton subvar. bigibbum
- Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. candidum J.H.Veitch
- Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. compactum (C.T.White) Dockrill
- Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. compactum <St.Cloud nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. album F.M.Bailey
- Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton var. bigibbum
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. candidum Rchb.f.
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum G.Piper nom. inval.
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum (C.T.White) Upton
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum (C.T.White) Peter B.Adams isonym
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. macranthum F.M.Bailey
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) F.M.Bailey
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. schroderianum (Sander) Peter B.Adams
- ? Dendrobium bigibbum var. schroederianum Peter B.Adams orth. var.
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. sumneri (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
- Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f.
- Dendrobium lithocola D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. isonym
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis [unranked] statterianum Anon.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsisf. phalaenopsis Chapm.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. compactum C.T.White
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. var. phalaenopsis
? Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. schroderianum Sander
? Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. schroederanum Clemesha orth. var.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. schroederianum W.Watson orth. var.
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. statterianum Sander
- Dendrobium schroederanum S.T.Blake nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium schroederanum Clemesha nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium schroederianum L.Gentil nom. inval., pro syn.
- Dendrobium statterianum O'Brien nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Dendrobium statterianum O'Brien nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Dendrobium sumneri F.Muell.
- Dendrobium statteranum S.T.Blake
- Dendrobium statterianum (Sander) Rolfe
- Vappodes bigibba Lindl. & Paxton) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
- Vappodes lithocola (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
- Vappodes phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
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Dendrobium bigibbum, commonly known as Cooktown orchid or mauve butterfly orchid, 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.