Leaf turgid at flowering time, 15–30 × 6–11 mm, ovate, upper surface dark green suffused with red, dark red beneath. Flower stem 60–130 mm, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 20–25 × 8–10 mm, yellowish green with dark red suffusions, labellum pale red with black calli. Dorsal sepal 9–11 × 1–1.5 mm. Lateral sepals 8–11 × 1 mm, kinked towards apex. Petals 8–11 × 0.5 mm. Labellum obliquely erect when set (often set at steep angle); labellum strap 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm; labellum lamina flat in side view, broadly flask-shaped from above, 8–11 × 2.5–5 mm, widest above base then tapered, apical third a blunt neck covered with shiny black calli; basal lobe blunt, recurved at shallow angle to plane of labellum. Column 7–10 mm long.
Locally common, usually well inland from the coast; found growing in jarrah forest, Banksia woodland, shrubland and on granite rocks in deep, freely draining to moisture-retentive sand.
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