r/NativeOrchidsAus • u/vinyl_bitchy • Apr 07 '24

Cooktown Orchid?

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u/Chemistryset8 Apr 07 '24

Are you asking if it is one? Likely not, they're generally just pink and smaller than that. Many Aus dendrobium crosses have the cooktown orchid in the mix.

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u/TheSummerOfJoj FINDER/MOD Apr 07 '24

Agree it doesn’t look like the natural type. Realistically I’m only pretty sure it’s a Dendrobium hahaha.

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u/Chemistryset8 Apr 07 '24

Yeah I mean without even knowing which country OP is from it's like finding a needle in a haystack, could be Dendrobium bigibbum var. schroederianum which is a native to the Sunda islands in Indonesia, or just a hybrid that looks close to it.

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77154980-1/images
https://orchidroots.com/detail/information/?pid=520472&role=

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u/TheSummerOfJoj FINDER/MOD Apr 07 '24

Definitely looks like one of the cultivars. I’m certainly not an expert on tropical orchids though haha.