Terrestrial herb, slender, geophyte, 0.15-0.45 m high; with root tubers. Leaves cauline, rigid, erect, linear, up to 200 mm long. Inflorescence a dense, several-flowered raceme; flowers lilac to bluish with red lip and white petals. Sepals 4-5 mm long; median sepal galeate; spur slender, acute, horizontal, 2.5-5.0 mm long. Lip oblong to elliptical, 3.5-5.0 mm long. Flowering time Nov., Dec.
Erect herb, up to 0.45 m high, slender, without separate sterile shoots. Leaves erect, imbricate, conduplicate, linear, rigid. Flowers: inflorescence a dense spike; floral bracts dry, acuminate; lip thin; sepals 4-5 mm long; spur slender, tapering, 2.5-5.0 mm long; viscidia 2 on a 3-lobed rostellum; perianth lilac or bluish; Nov., Dec.