Williams, H. (ed.) (1894), The Orchid-grower's Manual Edn. 7: 356 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "It was first flowered with Baron Sir J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, Egham.—New Guinea."

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): 27 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The reference to the natural habitat as New Guinea indicates it most probably was based on a plant Micholitz collected."

Adams, Peter B. (2015), Dendrobium bigibbum (sect. Phalaenanthe) in Australia - analysis of diagnostic characters, review of taxa and a new classification. Kew Bulletin 70: 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A Malesian taxon, now referred to Dendrobium striaenopsis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, but not known to occur in Australia (see also S.C.Clemesha, The Orchadian 6: 27 (1978).

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