Stem erect, purple-brown at the apex, purplish at the base, glabrous or slightly papillate, leafless apart from 2–3 sheath-like basal cataphylls 5–12 mm long.
Terrestrial herb 8–16 cm tall, the entire plant usually purple-red or pink, sometimes greenish; tuber 7 mm long, ellipsoid.
Dorsal sepal joined to the petals to form an obtuse, conical spur 7 mm long and 3.7 mm wide at the base.
Lateral sepals free, 3.5–4 × 1.5–2.2 mm, irregularly oblong with the outer edge rounded, lacking spurs.
Spur green-brown at the apex, lilac at the base; sepals and petals pinkish, the sepals red inside.
Anther 1.7 mm long; rostellum mid-lobe 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm, side arms 2 × 1.5 mm, incurved.
Pedicel 3–4 mm long; ovary 6 mm long, green-brown, slightly papillose.
Petals 3–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm, irregularly oblong.
Inflorescence 1–2(3)-flowered.
Bracts 4.5–8 × 3–4 mm, green.