Clumps semi-pendulous, attached by roots from basal nodes. Stems few, sparsely branched, 60–150 mm long, with pale brown bracts. Pseudobulbs 4–5 × 3–3.5 mm, naked. Leaves on petiole 0.5–1.5 mm long, 15–22 × 3–5 mm, dark green, broadly grooved. Flowers usually single; stems c. 3.5 mm long; flowers 4–5 × 3–4 mm, white. Sepals and petals fleshy, sepal tips boat-shaped. Dorsal sepal 5–6 × 1.5–2 mm. Lateral sepals 5–6 × 1.5–2 mm. Petals c. 2.5 × 0.8 mm. Labellum fleshy, c. 2 × 1 mm, recurved in semi-circle.
Highly localised; growing at high altitudes on upper branches of trees where there is strong air movement, clouds and mist, particularly on ridge tops in rainforest.
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