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Petals 2-lobed; the posterior lobe erect, 7–8.5 mm long, lorate, acute; the anterior lobe originating about halfway up the posterior lobe, equalling the posterior lobe in length, the front margin crenulate or undulate, curved in front of the anther.
Fertile shoots 40–70 cm tall; leaves imbricate, the basal 1–3 leaves small, completely sheathing, rounded to obtuse; the remainder 4–8 cm long, ovate to narrowly ovate, acute.
Sterile shoots slender to robust, up to 15 cm tall, with 2–3 narrowly elliptic, acute, erect, conduplicate leaves, up to 20 cm long and 4 cm wide.
Dorsal sepal galeate, 9–10 mm long and 3–4 mm wide, obovate, obtuse, curved to face ± downwards.
Lateral sepals 8–10 mm long, narrowly ovate, subacute, spreading or reflexed.
Bracts 1.5–2.5 cm long, lanceolate, acuminate, the apex reflexed, dry.
Flowers c. 1 cm in diameter, orange-red with darker mottling.
Terrestrial herb with separate sterile and fertile shoots.
Inflorescence dense, 10–30 cm long, c. 150-flowered.
Spur pendent, clavate, subacute, 7.5–10 mm long.
Lip ± pendent, 7–10 mm long, lorate, acute.
Rostellum c. 1.5 mm tall.
Anther erect, 4 mm long.
Stigma 3 mm in diameter.
Ovary 1 cm long.
