Home
Lip 16–20 mm long, with crests formed of 3 double rows of dense, long papillae, rather obscurely 3-lobed, the side lobes rounded, tapering into the mid-lobe; mid-lobe 5–7 × 3–4 mm, triangular, subacute, the edges crisped; spur 3–5 mm long, cylindrical, bent forwards.
Terrestrial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Rostellum with a fine papilla 1 mm long on either side. Margins of midlobe of lip crispate-dentate. Flowers yellowish green.
Sepals olive-green, petals maroon with green veins, lip mainly green veined with maroon, the crests whitish, the tip white; spur tipped with purple-red.
Sepals 13–20 × 2–3 mm, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, acute, the tips curled back, the dorsal erect, the laterals spreading.
Pseudobulbs 6–14 × 1–2 cm, cylindrical to narrowly conical, mostly above ground; roots stout, 3–4 mm in diameter.
Leaves 4–5, up to 38 cm long, 0.8–1.5 cm wide, linear, acute, leathery, the edges finely serrated.
Column 9–11 mm long, with a papilla 1.2 mm long on either side of the rostellum.
Inflorescence 40–60 cm tall, unbranched, up to about 20-flowered.
Capsules c. 4 × 1.5 cm, pendent on pedicel 1.5 cm long.
Petals 13–20 × 4 mm, lanceolate, acute.
Terrestrial herb.
