Caespitose or repent, epiphytic herbs up to about 30 cm. long. Stems slender, simple or branched; the amplexicaul leaf-sheaths verrucose and tuberculate. Leaves 1-4.5 cm. long and 0.5-1.5 cm. broad, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous. Inflorescence a simple, few-flowered raceme; flowers white tinged with purple. Dorsal sepal 8-10 mm. long and 3-5 mm. broad, elliptic to oval, acute. Lateral sepals 9-11 mm. long and 3.5-4.5 mm. broad, ovate-oblong, acute. Petals 8-11 mm. long and 2.5-5 mm. broad, oblanceolate-spatulate to obovate-spatulate, obtuse, slightly oblique. Lip unguiculate; claw adnate to the column; lamina 7-12 mm. long and 6-10 mm. broad, 3-lobed; lateral lobes 2-4 mm. long, ex-planate, subtriangular, obtuse or acute; mid-lobe bifid with the lobules spreading; disc provided with 2 submammillate calluses under the apex of the column.
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