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Lip 4–5.5 mm long, with a small callus in front of the hypochile; hypochile boat-shaped; epichile vertical, 2.4–3.5 × 4–6 mm, transversely elliptical, 3-lobed near the apex, the side lobes larger than the mid-lobe.
Inflorescence 4–12 × 1.5–2 cm, densely many-flowered; ovary and pedicel 5–6 mm long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, larger than the flowers.
Leaves numerous, up to 3 × 1 cm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, gradually decreasing in size up the stem.
Sepals 4–5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, ovate, obtuse, projecting forwards, the lateral sepals rather oblique.
Slender terrestrial herb 20–50 cm tall with fusiform, tuberous roots.
A dense narrow spike of small pink, mauve or purple flowers.
Petals 4.8–6 × 3–3.7 mm, obovate, rounded.
Flowers mauve to purple.
A herb 1-21/2 ft. high
Column 2 mm long.
