Acaulescent, cormous geophyte, usually clumped. Leaves 3, glaucous, often purple-spotted, lower 2 narrowly lanceolate-attenuate, coiled and often undulate or crispulate, under surface sometimes pubescent, margins smooth or ciliate, 60-150 x 5-20 mm, uppermost erect, bract-like; bracts ovate, glaucous, often purple-spotted, margins smooth or ciliate. Flowers hidden by bracts, 1 or 2, tepal claw 5-6 mm long, blade auriculate, green, 7-10 mm long; filaments 6-8 mm long, anthers 4-5 mm long; styloids ±6 mm long.