A dwarf epiphyte with a very short stem, less than 5 mm. long.. Roots terete, 0.5–1 mm. in diameter.. Leaves twisted at the base to lie in one plane, arranged in a fan, distichous, linear-falcate, acuminate, 15–35 mm. long, 2.5–3.5 mm. wide, rather fleshy.. Inflorescences arcuate, 20–45 mm. long, 5–15-flowered; pedicel very slender, 10–15 mm. long; bracts lanceolate, acute, ± 2 mm. long.. Flowers pale to bright green; pedicel and ovary 2.5–4 mm. long; pedicel at an angle to the ovary.. Dorsal sepal elliptic or obovate, subacute to obtuse, 1.7–2.3 mm. long, 0.8–1.1 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic-obovate, acute or subacute, 2–2.2 mm. long, 0.8–1 mm. wide.. Petals elliptic, subacute or obtuse, 1.6–2 mm. long, 0.6–0.8 mm. wide.. Lip entire, concave, ovate, obtuse, 1.5–2.1 mm. long, 1.2–1.4 mm. wide.. Spur ± straight, clavate, 1.4–1.7 mm. long, straight and ± parallel to the ovary.. Column 0.3 mm. long; rostellum-lobes upcurved hooks.. Fig. 114, p. 496.
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