Epiphytic herbs 10-35 cm. tall, with short, subpyramidal, angulate pseudo-bulbs 2.5-5 cm. long and 1-2 cm. wide, usually spaced at intervals along the creeping rhizome. Leaves 2, linear-lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, 6-25 cm. long and 1.5-3 cm. wide. Inflorescences erect racemes 10-40 cm. tall, from the base of the pseudobulbs. Flowers in-conspicuous, nearly sessile, subtended by a bract which anearly equals the flower in length. Dorsal sepal free, concave, ovate, acuminate, papillose on the outer surface, 5-6 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. wide, lateral sepals ovate, acuminate, papillose on the outer surfaces, 4-5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, connate at the base adnate to the foot of the column. Petals lanceolate, acuminate to aristate, 4-7 mm. long and 1.5-3 mm. wide. Lip very fleshy, entire, obtuse, linguiform, 2 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. wide, hinged to the column foot. Column very short, 1.5-2 mm. long, with two apical, lateral, denticulate processes, the base produced into a foot.
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