Leaf 120–180 × 4–5 mm. Flower stem 200–600 mm tall, 1–3-flowered. Flowers 15–20 × 25–30 mm, bright pink, externally dusky pink; labellum dark pink, calli black; column pink with darker markings. Dorsal sepal 16–20 × 3–3.5 mm. Lateral sepals 16–20 × 4 mm, obliquely deflexed. Petals 16–20 × 3 mm. Labellum 8–10 × 4.5–5.5 mm; lateral lobes entire; midlobe narrow, recurved. Calli black, shiny, in 2 broad rows, densely crowded at labellum apex. Column 7.5–8.5 × 3 mm, narrowly winged.
Widespread but generally scattered and uncommon; growing among shrubs and tussocks in coastal scrub in sandy or peaty soil; also on montane ridges in shallow stony soil; in W Vic. plants grow in dense, wet heathland and flowering is enhanced by summer fires.
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