Glabrous herb at least 18 cm. tall.. Rootstock unknown.. Leaves 2, distinctly alternate or subopposite, sessile or shortly petiolate, sheathing at the base, ovate, 2–5 cm. long, 1.5–4 cm. wide, acute at the apex, rounded or truncate above the sheath, ± clasping the stem.. Racemes 3-flowered; flowers bright rose-pink; bracts leaf-like, narrowly ovate, 0.4–1 cm. long, 3–5 mm. wide, acute.. Intermediate sepal joined to the petals to form a broad distinctly curved short helmet-like spur 1.2 cm. long; lateral sepals joined for ± 6–7 mm. to form a transversely oblong “synsepalum”, 0.8-1 cm. long, 1.25 cm. wide, narrowed to a claw at the base and bearing two small sacs 0.5 cm. long.. Petals irregularly 3-lobed, 1.15 cm. long, 6 mm. wide; basal lobe rounded, auriculate; middle lobe elliptic, free; apical lobe forming one side of the spur.. Lip 1.05 cm. long, hidden in the spur, consisting of a long slender claw bearing a fleshy carrot-shaped appendage which is covered all over with very distinct papillae.. Fig. 39/8, p. 220.
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