Stem woody up to 6 cm. long, up to 4 mm. in diameter, closely covered by overlapping leaf-bases, with numerous slender, flexuous, greyish white roots to 2 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 4–8, alternate, spreading or erect, up to 4 mm. apart, oblanceolate or narrowly spathulate, up to 8 cm. long, 2 cm. wide just below the apex, base sheathing, apex bilobed, lobes acute, 4–15 mm. long, sometimes one lobe much shorter or absent, rather thin and leathery in texture, dark green, margins entire.. Inflorescences axillary, or from the woody stem below the leaves, often arising from the site of previous inflorescences, usually erect, bearing few–12 flowers, 1.5–4 cm. long; peduncle very short, terete; rhachis straight; bracts triangular, acute, 1.5–3 mm. long.. Flowers very close together, crowded towards the apex of the rhachis and not always resupinate, pale green when first opening, becoming white, 15–18 mm. in diameter, all tepals spreading; pedicel with ovary straight, 10–15 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate-oblong, 6–9 mm. long, ± 3 mm. wide; lateral sepals slightly falcate, 6–10 mm. long, 2 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate-elliptic, 6–9 mm. long, 3–3.5 mm. wide.. Lip ovate, apiculate, 6–8.5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide.. Spur parallel to the pedicellate ovary, slightly swollen in the lower half, 8–13 mm. long.. Column small, 2 mm. long; androclinium sloping, centre of anther-cap with a green vertical stripe; rostellum straight and directed downwards towards the spur; pollinia globose; stipes slender; viscidium broadly elliptic, or rounded and fitting over the swollen end of the rostellum.. Fruit a capsule 15–30 mm. long, 3 mm. wide.
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Leaves 4–8, up to 8 × 2 cm, oblanceolate, unequally or subequally 2-lobed at the apex; the lobes acute, the longer lobe to 15 mm long; lamina leathery, dark green with black dots.
Inflorescences arising below the leaves, 1.5–4 cm long, densely few-to 12-flowered, the flowers crowded towards the end of the rhachis.
All tepals spreading; dorsal sepal 6–9 × 3–3.5 mm, ovate, apiculate; lateral sepals 6–10 × 2–3 mm, oblanceolate, acute.
Lip 6–8.5 × 4–4.5 mm, ovate, apiculate; spur 8–13 mm long, parallel to ovary, slender, slightly swollen in apical half.
Dwarf, short-stemmed epiphytic herb, with numerous greyish roots 2–2.5 mm in diameter.
Pedicel and ovary 10–16 mm long, slender, white.
Capsule c. 10 × 3 mm, ellipsoid.
Bracts 2 mm long, triangular.
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