Plants terrestrial, straight or subflexuose, 0.08-0.35 m high. Leaves: basal leaves spreading, oblanceolate, apiculate 10-20 x 5-9 mm; cauline leaves closely sheathing stem, distant. Inflorescence lax and slender, 1-7-flowered. Flowers pink, lip tooth purple, mesochile with darker purple spots along margins, apex of petals darker. Sepals: median sepals galeate, narrowly oblong, acute, 6-8 x 2-4 mm; spur straight or decurved 5-8 mm long; lateral sepals narrowly oblong, 7-10 x 2-3 mm. Petals lorate, 5-7 mm long; basal anticous lobe reduced. Lip 9-13 mm long, apical tooth pendent, mesochile 3-5 mm wide, margins flat to undulating. Flowering time Oct., Nov.
Like D. bifida but flowers smaller, sepals 8-10 (-12) mm long and spur straight or decurved.