Leaf linear-lanceolate, 70–130 × 4–12 mm. Flower stem 200–350 mm tall, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 50–60 mm across, pale greenish yellow with reddish markings; sepals with blackish to reddish clubs 6–13 mm long; petals lacking clubs. Dorsal sepal erect, 25–40 × 1.5–2 mm. Lateral sepals stiffly, but obliquely decurved, 25–40 × 3.5–4 mm, divergent. Petals similarly arranged, 20–30 × 2–2.5 mm. Labellum stiffly hinged, 12–15 × 7–9 mm, yellowish base with red lines and maroon apex; margins with 6–9 pairs of red teeth to 1.3 mm long; tip recurved. Calli to 1 mm long, maroon, in 4 or 6 rows onto base of midlobe. Column 9.5–11.5 × 4–4.5 mm, translucent reddish; basal glands c. 1.3 mm long, yellow with red basal stalk.
Rare and restricted to about five sites; growing among shrubs and tussocks in Callitris woodland in freely draining, red-brown sand and gravelly loam; most sites in relict patches of disturbed forest.
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