Slender, erect, terrestrial herbs up to 3.5 dm. tall. Leaves up to 7 cm. long, linear-filiform, aristate, reduced to bracts above. Inflorescence short, several-flowered, more or less secund; bracts up to 1.5 cm. long, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate; flowers small for the genus. Dorsal sepal 3-3.5 mm. long and 2-2.5 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, cochleate, 3-nerved. Lateral sepals 3.5-4 mm. long and 1.2-1.5 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved. Petals 2.5-3 mm. long, bipartite; the segments, subequal or the outer shorter, lanceolate, acute, somewhat arcuate.. Lip 3-lobed; the mid-lobe linear, 3-4.5 mm. long and about 0.5 mm. broad-, linear, obtuse; lateral lobes 2.5-3.5 mm. long and 0.4-0.6 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, spreading; spur 10-12 mm. long, recurved, slightly saccate at the tip.
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