Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.

A terrestrial herb 1.5–9.5 dm. high.. Tubers ellipsoid, almost globose or carrot-shaped, 1.5–3 cm. long, 0.5–2 cm. in diameter.. Leaves 5–10, the lowest 2 sheath-like, the middle 3–5 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, up to 30 cm. long and 3 cm. broad, the uppermost smaller but similar, bract-like.. Inflorescence rather densely many-flowered, 5–50 cm. long.. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, the lower ones longer than the flowers.. Flowers suberect with curved ovaries, green or yellowish-green with yellow anther; pedicel with ovary ± 1 cm. long.. Dorsal sepal ovate or narrowly ovate, subacute, 2.5–4.5 mm. long; laterals obliquely and broadly oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 3.5–5.5 mm. long.. Petals very obliquely triangular-ovate, subacute, equalling the dorsal sepal but a little broader.. Lip deflexed, 3–8 mm. long, 3-lobed from a short broad claw; lobes oblong or ligulate, obtuse, the side lobes a little longer than the middle one.. Spur slender, ± incurved, 15–28 mm. long.. Column short; anther-loculi parallel, horizontal, canals very short; stigmas club-shaped, truncate, 1–2 mm. long, rostellum middle lobe short, rounded and hooded.