Terrestrial herb, geophyte, up to 0.23 m high; with small, globose, root tubers. Leaf solitary, basal and appressed to ground, reniform-orbicular, up to 18 mm in diam. Inflorescence normally 1-flowered. Sepals subequal, free, erect, green; dorsal sepal 8-12 mm long. Petals white to mauve, up to 17 mm long. Lip spurred, up to 32 mm long, conspicuously fimbriate, many linear lobes, apices pointed, same colour as petals; spur 8-12 mm long. Flowering time Sept., Oct.