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Image No. 7-39

Flora -- Cape York Peninsula

Pink and white forms of Cooktown Orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum. Also Phalaenopsis amabilis

Near Coen, Queensland

1954

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The Cooktown Orchid is Queensland's floral emblem. These orchids were once very common, but wild populations have been drastically reduced by collectors. It is widely grown in home gardens in coastal Queensland.
Epiphytic orchids in notophyll vine forests and thickets, Cape York Peninsula.
Photo courtesy of J.L.H. Wassell.
Addition by David Wassell (October 2005): "Part of Mum's orchid collection, Coen Hotel".

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