A small to medium-sized epiphytic plant.. Pseudobulbs clustered, orbicular or pyriform, flattened somewhat, to 5.5 cm. diameter, green ± shaded with maroon.. Leaves caducous, 1–2 at apex of pseudobulb, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate, 10–30 cm. long, 3–7 cm. broad.. Inflorescences 1–2, up to 20 cm. long, 2–5-flowered, pubescent; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent, ± 0.7–1 cm. long.. Flowers showy, 5–8 cm. across, pale to dark pink, lip pink to bright purple, column and side lobes to the lip brownish.. Dorsal sepal erect, narrowly elliptic, subacute or acute, 3 cm. long, 1 cm. broad, with recurved margins; lateral sepals slightly falcate, narrowly elliptic, apiculate, 2.5 cm. long, 0.9 cm. broad.. Petals spreading, spathulate, acute, 2.8 cm. long, 0.6 cm. broad.. Lip 3-lobed, recurved in apical half, 1.7 cm. long, 1.4 cm. broad; side lobes oblong, rounded, erect on each side of column; mid-lobe narrowly triangular-subulate, acute, 1 cm. long; lip 3–5-ridged in centre.. Column clavate, slightly curved, pubescent, 1.7 cm. long.. Fig. 60
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