Perennial herb 2.5–4 dm. high.. Leaves 2, unequal, elliptical to orbicular-reniform, up to 4 cm. long and 6 cm. broad, sparsely hairy on upper surface, the margins hairier.. Scape with spreading hairs.. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary, densely hairy.. Flowers white or cream, sometimes flushed pink.. Sepals ovate or elliptical-ovate, acute or apiculate, the laterals oblique, 4–5 mm. long, slightly hairy and long-ciliate.. Petals wedge-shaped, ± 1 cm. long, 4–6-lobed in the upper third, glabrous.. Lip broadly wedge-shaped or fan-shaped, ± 1 cm. long, 9–13-lobed in the upper third, glabrous.. Spur cylindrical, straight, 3 mm. long.. Ovary densely hairy.
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