Plants (150-)250-750 mm high. Leaves 3, blades linear, often trailing above, 1.5-3.5 mm wide. Stem with 1 to 3 twisted, filiform branchlets. Main spike mostly 2-to 4-flowered, lateral spikes 1-to 3(4)-flowered; bracts translucent, becoming brown with age in upper half, outer 8-10 mm long. Flowers pale to deep pink with white cup, faintly rose-scented; perianth tube 9-10 mm long, tepals 12-16 x 4.5-6.0 mm. Filaments ± 3 mm long, inserted ± 4 mm above base of tube; anthers 3-4 mm long, pale yellow with dark longitudinal lines on thecae; style reaching anther tips.