Terrestrial herb, slender, glandular-hairy geophyte, 0.06-0.20 m high; root tubers present. Leaves strap-shaped; basal 3-6, spreading, much larger than upper cauline, sheathing leaves. Inflorescence a corymbose raceme; flowers 1-5, resupinate, pink with red spots. Sepals 5-6 mm long, median sepal galeate; spur short, subconical, saccate, 2-3 mm long; lateral sepals oblong. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
Slender, glandular-hairy, tuberous geophyte to 20 cm. Leaves dimorphic: basal leaves spreading, elliptic, cauline leaves sheathing. Flowers few in a corymbose raceme, pink with red spots, spur subconical to rarely cylindrical, 2-3 mm long, lateral sepals oblong, 5-6 mm long.