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Terrestrial herb, 0.07-0.15 m high. Leaves 2, cauline, alternate, ovate, acute, 10-26 x 4-16 mm. Inflorescence 1-4-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, 5-12 x 3-4 mm. Flowers white or tinged lilac. Sepals: median sepal obovate, galeate, 5 x 3 mm, with deflexed spur 2-5 mm long; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, acuminate, 5 x 2 mm, spur obtuse, 1 mm long. Petals adnate to median sepal, falcate, clawed, ovate with basal auricle, 3.5 x 2.5 mm. Lip basally fused to gynostemium, claw recurved, with 2 auricles, 3 mm long, blade triangular, 1.5 mm long, appendage incurved, oblong, apex with papillae, 3.5 mm long. Flowering time July-Oct.
Terrestrial herb, up to 180 mm tall. Hood of dorsal sepal elongated and tipped backwards. Lateral sepals de-flexed. Limb of lip broadly triangular, appendage ligulate, papillose at apex. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with purple, lacking green spots.
