Adenochilus Hook.F.

Deciduous, terrestrial orchids with long, creeping, fleshy rhizomes (no tubers or roots) that are enlarged and with root hairs at each growing point. Leaf solitary, held above ground level, either carried separately on long petiole or attached to flower stem; blade membranaceous, flat. Raceme 1-or 2-flowered, fleshy, brittle. Flowers resupinate, opening widely. Sepals and petals fleshy with red glandular hairs on outside. Dorsal sepal wider than lateral sepals, hooding column and labellum. Lateral sepals fused at base, projected forwards as a pair. Petals free, narrower than sepals, erect beside column. Labellum stiffly hinged by short claw to column base. Labellum lamina 3-lobed, strongly curved, membranous, with sharp medial fold, surface papillate; lateral lobes large, entire; mid-lobe narrow, recurved. Calli in dense central band; basal calli subsessile, main calli stalked, club-like. Column wings extend above anther as hood. Anther with 8 bilobed pollinia; no viscidium.

High rainfall forests.