An epiphyte with an elongated pendent stem, ±10 mm. diameter.. Leaves very fleshy, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, unequally bilobed at apex, 18–19.5 cm. long, 2.5–2.8 cm. wide, twisted at base to lie in one plane, articulated to a sheathing leaf-base ± 2.5 cm. long.. Inflorescences several in upper part of stem, 1–2 per node, 8–16 cm. long, 7–16-flowered; peduncle 10–15 mm. long; bracts amplexicaul, conical, 3 mm. long.. Flowers parchment white; pedicel and ovary 3–4 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, acute, 8–9.5 mm. long, 3–3.6 mm. wide; lateral sepals falcate-ovate, subacute, 7.5–9 mm. long, 3–3.8 mm. wide.. Petals falcate-elliptic, acute, 7.5–7.6 mm. long, 3–3.3 mm. wide.. Lip obscurely 3-lobed, subcordate, apiculate, 7–7.5 mm. long, 8–8.6 mm. wide, erose, with a tooth in the mouth of spur.. Spur pendent, fusiform-inflated, 8–9 mm. long.. Column 3 mm. long; stipites 2; viscidium 1; rostellum tapering, reflexed.. Fig. 124.
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