Orchidaceae Juss.
Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. albo-purpurea Anon. , legitimate, scientific
Anonymous (5 October 1895), Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. hololeuca. Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Series 3 18: 396 BHL [primary reference]
  • Type: "received from Dr. Jessop, Roundhay, Leeds (gr., Mr. Tyson)"
  • Comment: Doubt about Australian origin expressed by S.C.Clemesha, The Orchadian 6 (1978) 28.
Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 38 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate
Clemesha, S.C. (December 1978), A review of Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. The Orchadian 6(2): 28 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. albopurpuratum Blake orth. var. orthographic variant: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. albopurpureum Clemesha orth. var.
  • APC Comment: A Malesian taxon now referred to Dendrobium striaenopsis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones. Listed in synonymy of Dendrobium bigibbum by S.T.Blake, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 74(4): 34 (1964), but not known to occur in Australia.