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Fertile shoots 30–50 cm tall; cauline leaves imbricate, 5–7 × 8–12 mm, acute, closely sheathing with the apices free; basal leaves smaller, obtuse, hyaline or red.
Petals 2-lobed; anterior lobe, 3.5–5 mm in diameter, rotund, spreading; posterior lobe 4.5–6 mm long, linear, acute, included in the galea.
Floral bracts c. 2 cm long and 5–10 mm wide, narrowly ovate, subacuminate, overtopping and partially obscuring the flowers.
Sterile shoots to 7 cm long; leaves at least 1, conduplicate, 10–20 × 0.5–1 cm, linear-elliptic, acute to subacuminate.
Spur pendent from the middle of the galea, slender cylindrical, 5–6.5 mm long.
Dorsal sepal 5.5–7 mm long, obovate, obtuse; galea erect, 3–5.5 mm deep.
Lateral sepals 7–8 mm long, oblong, subobtuse or shortly apiculate.
Terrestrial herb with separate sterile and fertile shoots.
Lip pendent, 5–6.5 mm long, linear.
Inflorescence dense, 6–8 cm long.
Anther erect, c. 3 mm long.
Rostellum c. 1.5 mm tall.
Flowers orange to yellow.
Ovary c. 1 cm long.
Stigma subsessile.
