Small epiphytic herbs up to 15 cm. tall. Secondary stems slender, covered with sheaths which are usually dark-colored. Leaves 1.5-4.5 cm. long and 0.9-2 cm. broad, elliptic-oblong to suborbicular, attenuated into a short petiole at the base. Sepals lanceolate to 6vate-lanceolate, acute; dorsal sepal about 2.5-3.5 mm. long and 1.5-2.2 mm. broad; lateral sepals about 2.2-3 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, connate to the middle or beyond. Petals about 0.5-1.5 mm. long and 3-4 mm. broad, transverse, posterior lobe the larger. Lip about 1-1.5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, trilobate; the lateral lobes large and peltate or flattened; mid-lobe apiculiform.
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