Cooktown orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum, vulnerable. Native to Queensland, Australia, discovered by Dr Thomson on Mounth Adolphus, Torres Straits. As double-spurred dendrobe, Dendrobium bigibbum superbum. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Frederick William Burbidge from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 5, L. Reeve, London, 1876. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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