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.
The Cooktown orchid is the floral emblem of Queensland.
In its natural state, the Cooktown orchid grows in the tropical areas of northern Queensland where annual rainfall is very high.
The plant which comes closest to fitting this description is Queensland's floral emblem, the Cooktown Orchid.
The Cooktown Orchid grows best in tropical regions where annual rainfall is very high. This is why it is found only in north Queensland.
The flowering season for the Cooktown Orchid is from mid summer, starting in January, through to Autumn.
The faunal (mammal) emblem of Queensland is the koala, while the faunal (avian) emblem is the brolga. The marine emblem is the Barrier Reef Anemone Fish.The floral emblem of Queensland is the Cooktown Orchid. The state gem is the sapphire, and the official state colour of Queensland is maroon.
Queensland's native animal emblem is the koala, and its flower emblem is the Cooktown orchid.
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Brisbane is a city, so it does not have a floral emblem. The floral emblem of Queensland, of which Brisbane is the capital, is the Cooktown Orchid.
Brisbane does not have an official flower. Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland, and Queensland's official floral emblem is the Cooktown Orchid.
Individual cities do not have floral emblems.The floral emblem of Queensland, the state where Gladstone is located, is the Cooktown Orchid (Dendrobium phalaenopsis).
The airport code for Cooktown Airport is CTN.