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Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl.

Cooktown Orchid

Native records: 3 botanical areas

Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, Queensland

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Dendrobium bigibbum

A pseudobulbous epiphyte / lithophyte of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Australia

    • QueenslandNative

  • Indonesia

    • Lesser Sunda Is.Native
    • New GuineaNative

  • Papua New Guinea

    • New GuineaNative

  • Timor-Leste

    • Lesser Sunda Is.Native

  • United States Minor Outlying Islands

    • HawaiiIntroduced

  • United States of America

    • HawaiiIntroduced

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

  • Af Tropical, rainforest
  • Aw Tropical, savannah
  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • BWh Arid, desert, hot
  • Am Tropical, monsoon
  • Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer

The same climate occurs in 187 areas worldwide, 183 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Other names

Cooktown Orchid

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dendrobium

Other species in Dendrobium

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Indonesia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Papua New Guinea · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Timor-Leste · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    United States Minor Outlying Islands · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

Image information

  • Photograph of Dendrobium bigibbum

    Probably Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. (this plate not signed), description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) · Public domain · File page