Lip 4–5 mm long; epichile 2.7–3.5 mm long, ± obovate, shortly 3-lobed near the apex, the mid-lobe up to 1 mm long; spur 1.5–3 mm long, slightly incurved, shortly 2-lobed at the apex.
Inflorescence densely many-flowered, 3.5–12 × 1.5–2 cm; pedicel 3 mm long; ovary c. 5 mm long; bracts up to 15 × 4 mm, lanceolate, acuminate.
Sepals 3–5 × 1.5–3 mm, the dorsal sepal elliptic, convex; lateral sepals oblique, projecting forwards.
A slender terrestrial herb 20–40 cm tall, with villous cylindrical tuberous roots.
Leaves 2.5–5.5 × 0.8–2 cm, ovate, acute, sheathing at the base.
Flowers greenish-mauve to pink-mauve with purple marks on lip.
Petals 2–3.5 × 1–2 mm, oblong, attached to column at the base.
Column 2–2.5 mm long.
Stem leafy.