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Bracts, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; the lowest bract up to 4.5 cm long, usually leaf-like, the remainder mostly less than 2 cm long.
Leaves (2)3, shortly sheathing at the base; blades somewhat ascending, 11× 4 cm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, acute to acuminate, the veins emergent.
Spur 6–8 mm long, arising from the base of the galea, cylindrical with a short conical base, soon sharply down-curved to recurved, apex subclavate.
Flowers c. 8 mm in diameter, horizontal; sepals purplish mauve, petals white, lateral sepals and petals purple-spotted and striped.
Petals erect, c. 6 × 1.5–2 mm, obovate, subacute, with a basal anticous lobe flanking the stigma.
Dorsal sepal galeate; galea 6–7 mm tall, 2.5 mm wide and 1.5–2 mm deep, narrowly ovate, acute.
Lateral sepals spreading forwards, flat, 6–7 × 2–3 mm, oblique, narrowly elliptical, acute.
Terrestrial herb 15–35 cm tall, plants often somewhat flexuose; tubers densely villous.
Inflorescence ± lax, up to 10 cm long, several to many-flowered.
Basal sheath fibrous, up to 10 cm long, acute, often absent.
Lip minute, erect, c. 2.8 × 0.5 mm.
Ovary slender, 1–1.5 cm long.
