Plants erect, 0.09-0.25 m high. Leaves not petiolate; lower leaf patent, cordate, broadly elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, 20-60 x 15-40 mm; upper leaf much reduced. Inflorescences lax, 1-5-flowered. Flowers white with mauve markings on petals, 20-25 mm in diam. Sepals unequal, margins dentate; median sepal lorate, 8 mm long; lateral sepals quadrate-rhomboid, 7-8 mm long. Petals spathulate, erect, blades curved forwards, fan-shaped, up to 12 mm long, saccate, with callus near base, finely and deeply fimbriate; claws 7-8 mm long, fused with median sepal. Lip transverse elliptic, pendent, margins fimbriate. Flowering time Feb., Mar.
Slender herb, up to 0.25 m high. Leaves cauline, sessile, up to 50 mm long. Flowers: large, 20-30 mm high; dorsal sepal without a spur; lip and petals with fringes 5-8 mm long; petals erect, with long claws, claws partially united; perianth pale green and white, inner margins of petals marked with purple; Feb., Mar.