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No one was named after the Cooktown Orchid. The Cooktown Orchid was named after the locality in which it was first found - Cooktown. Cooktown was named after Captain James Cook, who first charted the eastern coast of Australia.

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The Cooktown orchid is the floral emblem of Queensland.


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