Terrestrial herb, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves usually with purple bars around sheaths. Spur slender, 5-10 mm long. Petals oblanceolate, obtuse. Flowers white to pale lilac or carmine, usually mottled.
An orchid. It grows 50 cm tall. The flowers are white to pale lilac. The tubers are 2.5 cm long and 1 cm wide.