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Lip 3-lobed, with undivided basal part 3.5–4 mm long; mid-lobe 12–17 mm long, side lobes 9–15 mm long, all lobes linear, c. 1 mm wide; spur c. 14 mm long, inflated for most of its length to c. 2 mm wide, straight or curving forwards, obtuse.
Leaves c. 10, the lowest 2–3 sheathing, the upper 3 bract-like, the remainder erect, up to 20 × 4 cm, broadly lanceolate, clasping the stem at the base; the base of the stem and the 3 lowermost leaf sheaths with large, black spots.
Inflorescence 12–18 × 3–4 cm, densely many-flowered; bracts prominent, longer than the flower, up to 55 mm long at base of inflorescence, lanceolate, acute.
Petals adnate to dorsal sepal along inner edge, 13–14 × 3–4 mm, curved-lanceolate from a narrow base, irregularly toothed on outer edge.
Dorsal sepal 14–15 × 6–7 mm, lanceolate, acute, erect, convex; lateral sepals 14–15 × 3.5–5 mm, spreading and curving upwards.
Anther c. 3 mm tall, canals 1.5–2 mm long.
Robust terrestrial herb 80–90 cm tall.
Ovary and pedicel 12–13 mm long.
Stigmatic arms 2–3 mm long.
Flowers yellow-green.
