Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl.

Pseudobulbs cylindrical, 0.2–1.2 m × 10–15 mm, green or purplish, leafy in upper third. Leaves 3–5 per pseudobulb, 100–150 × 30–35 mm, often with purplish margins. Racemes 200–400 mm long, 2–20-flowered. Flowers 20–30 × 30–60 mm, usually lilac-purple, rarely white, bluish, pinkish or with white margins on tepals, labellum with prominent white spot. Dorsal sepal 25–30 × 9–11 mm. Lateral sepals 20–25 × 9–11 mm. Petals 25–30 × 25–30 mm. Labellum c. 24 × 20 mm; lateral lobes erect, veined; midlobe decurved, with prominent white hairy patch and 4 or 5 ridges.

Locally common; found growing among rubble and litter on coastal cliffs, on trees and rocks in stunted coastal scrub, streambank vegetation, monsoon thickets and open areas and gullies in sparse forest and woodland.

The flowers are dipped in batter and deep fried.

Can be grown by seedlings.