An epiphyte with an erect very short stem up to 4 cm. long.. Roots branching, 1.5–3 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 6–8, fleshy-coriaceous, conduplicate, linear, unequally bilobed at the apex, 6–40 cm. long, 0.8–1.2 cm. wide, articulated to imbricate leaf-bases, twisted towards the apex; leaf-bases 2–3 cm. long, acuminate at apex on each side.. Inflorescences clustered, 3–3.5 cm. long; bracts ovate, acute, 7–8 mm. long.. Flowers shining white; pedicel and ovary 12–14 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal narrowly oblong, obtuse, 10–12 mm. long, 4 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely oblong, rounded, 13–14 mm. long, 4 mm. wide.. Petals narrowly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 12–13 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.. Lip concave, obscurely 3-lobed, ovate, obtuse, 15–17 mm. long, 7 mm. wide.. Spur S-shaped, dilated at the mouth and towards the apex, 13–17 mm. long.. Column 7–8 mm. long; stipes bifid in apical half; viscidium very long, ligulate.. Pl. 8. Fig.146/1–12.
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