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Terrestrial herb, 0.14-0.23 m high. Leaves 3 or 4, cauline, alternate, lanceolate, acute, 20-35 x 8-12 mm. Inflorescence secund, 5-8-flowered; bracts ovate, 9-27 x 4-11. Flowers with sepals pink, cream-coloured at base, petals cream-coloured with green spots. Sepals: median sepal elliptic, 8 x 7 mm, hood 9 mm deep; lateral sepals spreading obliquely obovate, acuminate, 10-12 x 4-5 mm; spur 2 mm long. Petals adnate to median sepal, falcate, oblong-ovate, clawed, acute, 5-6 x 3-4 mm. Lip: claw erect, 3 mm long, blade horizontal, elliptic, verrucose, margins revolute, apex recurved and erect adhering to petals and median sepal, triangular, 5-7 x 2-3 mm, appendage horizontal, 10 mm long. Flowering time Jan.-Apr.
Herb, up to 230 mm high. Leaves 2-5. Flowers: dorsal sepal hooded, hood up to 10 mm deep; rostellum arms porrect, narrow and straight; lip blade at first horizontal then sharply flexed upwards; perianth deep purple and green, sometimes dull white or dirty pink tinged with purple; Feb., Mar.
Terrestrial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Dorsal sepal hooded, hood up to 10 mm deep. Rostellum arms narrow and straight. Flowers deep purple and green, sometimes dull white or dirty pink tinged with purple.
