Bonatea polypodantha L.Bolus

Erect, decumbent or scandent terrestrial herbs, 44-330 mm tall; tubers 1-3, spreading, elongate-oblong, tomentose. Stem slender, 34-325 x 1.5-3.5 mm. Leaves 4-8, margins entire, smooth; basal leaves 1-3, dense, sheathing, lanceolate to broadly-elliptical, acute, 21-157 x 8-36 mm, middle leaves 2-5, lax, cauline, narrowly-lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, 1129 x 3-12 mm. Inflorescence cylindrical, 42-172 x 39-95 mm, lax, 2-12-flowered; bracts similar to upper leaves, sheathing, lanceolate, acuminate to apiculate, 9.0-30.5 x 2-6 mm. Flowers spreading, pale green and white, pedicel and ovary sub-erect to erect, 19-36 mm long. Dorsal sepal pale green, erect, narrowly-elliptical, galeate, acute, 7-11 x 2.5-5.0 mm; lateral sepals pale green to white, patent, ovate, acuminate to apiculate, base oblique, 6-10 x 3.5-7.0 mm, adnate to lip and stigmatic processes for 2-5 mm. Petals pale green to white, upper lobe erect, linear, acute to acuminate, 7.0-12.0 x 0.5-1.5 mm, adnate to dorsal sepal, lower lobe spreading horizontally, weakly deflexed, linear-falcate, tips curved, acuminate to apiculate, 22.5-35.5x0.5-1.0 mm, adnate to claw of lip for 1.5-5.0 mm. Lip pale green to white, claw 3.5-8.5 mm, median lobe descending, curved forward, linear, acute to acuminate, 11-22 x 0.5-1.5 mm, lateral lobes descending, strongly divergent, linear-falcate, tips curved, acuminate to apiculate, 25-48 x 0.5-1.5 mm; spur toothed, (20-)31-47 mm long, clavate apex 10.5-23.0 mm long, sometimes bent forward. Anther erect, acute, 3.0-4.5 mm long, canals slender, 4.0-7.5 mm long. Stigmatic processes clavate, projecting forwards and deflexed, sub-parallel, 6-11 mm long, base adnate to lip. Rostellum 3-lobed, base auriculate, median lobe narrowly triangular-rostrate, acuminate, margin smooth, 2.5-6.5 mm long, lateral lobes linear, fused to anther canals, sub-erect to 45°, sub-parallel, 2-5 mm long.