Plant leafless. Basal bracts overlapping, pinkish, blunt. Flower stem 500–800 mm tall, cream to greenish, 20–60-flowered. Ovaries slightly humped, dark pink, finely spotted. Flowers crowded, 20–25 mm across, semi-nodding to nodding and often held close to flower stem, pale pink to dark pink with small flecks and streaks on both surfaces, lighter pink inside. Perianth segments incurved with recurved tips. Dorsal sepal 14–17 × 3–4 mm. Lateral sepals 15–18 × 2.5–3 mm. Petals 13–15 × 2.5–3 mm. Labellum 14–20 × 4–5 mm, dark pink; lateral lobes 4–5 × 1 mm, pubescent inside at base; midlobe 8–10 × 4–5 mm, tip strongly upcurved, with a narrow band of mauve hairs. Callus ridges c. 7 × 1 mm, pubescent, divergent at apex. Column c. 7 × 2.5 mm, white stained with pink. Capsules pinkish with dark spots.
Localised; growing in sparse, open forest and grassy woodland in freely draining, gravelly or stony loam.
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