Plants creeping to pendent, to 30 cm. Roots basal or from proximal branches, 0.5–1.5 mm. Stems 1, compressed distally, branched, to 23 cm. Leaves 2–8, near apex of stem; petiole 6–8 mm; blade lanceolate-elliptic, 2-lobed, 1–2.8 × 0.3–0.7 cm, leathery. Inflorescences from branches, distichous, imbricate, usually pendent, 10–17 mm; peduncle greater than 5 mm. Flowers 1–4, usually 3, with underside of lip always facing rachis, not resupinate, simultaneous, pale yellow, occasionally marked with reddish; dorsal sepals ovate, apex acute; lateral sepals obdolabriform, somewhat wider at base, 3–5.4 × 1.2–2.1 mm; petals linear-elliptic, somewhat falcate, 3–5.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm; lip triangular-ovate, 3–4 × 2–2.4 mm, base with pair of lamellae, apex acute to acuminate; column 2 mm, with prominent tooth on each side, 2 smaller ones distally; anther ovoid, 2-fid; ovary with small swollen vesicle underneath, behind lateral sepals, 4 mm, covered by conduplicate, subimbricating bracts, 6–7.5 mm. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 9–10 × 5–6 mm; pedicel and beak absent.
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Small, repent or caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 2 din. long. Stems slender, simple or branched, covered with amplexicaul leaf-sheaths. Leaves 8-45 mm. long and 2-10 mm. broad, from ligulate to elliptic-linear to linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, coriaceous, apex usually unequally bilobed. Inflorescence short, few-flowered, flexuose; bracts 5-8 mm. long, cucullate, obtuse, chartaceous; flowers small, inconspicuous. Dorsal sepal 3.5-5 mm. long and 1.2-1.5 mm. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute. Lateral sepals 3.5-5 mm. long and 1.8-2 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate, oblique, acute. Petals 3-4.5 mm. long and 0.5-1 mm. broad, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse or acute. Lip 3-3.5 mm. long and 1.5-3 mm. broad, lanceolate-cordate to ovate-cordate, acute, ecallose. Ovary with a small subscrotiform sac at the apex near the attachment of the lip.
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