Terrestrial herb, 0.20-0.46 m high, pubescent. Leaves 3, cauline, alternate, ovate, acute, 15-55 x 1.5-7.0 mm. Inflorescence 2-4-flowered; bracts ovate, 7-30 x 4-8. Flowers magenta and green, petals purple. Sepals: median sepal elliptic, attenuate, pubescent within, 10-12 x 3.0-4.5 mm, 2-3 mm deep; lateral sepals spreading horizontally then sharply deflexed, ovate, attenuate, pubescent, 10-12 x 3-5 mm; spur 1.5-3.0 mm long. Petals adnate to median sepal, curved, falcate, clawed, pubescent, acuminate, 10-11 x 3 mm. Lip: claw 5-6 mm long, blade triangular, attenuate, conduplicate, 6-7 mm long, appendage carnose, 0.5 mm long. Flowering time Oct., Nov.
Tuberous geophyte to 50 cm. Leaves ± 3, suberect, lanceolate. Flowers 2-7, magenta and green, lip limb horizontal, lanceolate-conduplicate, rostellum arms porrect with outflexed tips.