Erect, epiphytic herbs without pseudobulbs, the foliage distichously arranged in the form of a fan. Leaves subcoriaceous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 8-30 cm. long and 1.0-2.2 cm. wide, the broad, conduplicate, chartaceous bases closely imbricating and persistent. Inflorescences usually about 1-3, slender, 1-flowered scapes 6-9 cm. tall, enveloped in several papery, tubular, acuminate bracts. Flowers relatively small, dull purplish red or reddish brown. Sepals subequal, free, spreading, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 14-18 mm. long and 5.5-7.3 mm. wide, the laterals somewhat obliquely inserted on the short column foot, forming an incon-spicuous, rounded mentum. Petals subequal to the dorsal sepal, elliptic-oblanceo-late, acute, 10-13 mm. long and 3.5-5 mm. wide. Lip entire or very obscurely 3-lobed, oblong-ovate, obtuse or subacute, 10-14 mm. long and 2.5-3.5 mm. wide, contracted at the base and articulated with the short column foot, the lateral margins somewhat involute, the apical lobe ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse to subacute, spreading. Column semi-terete, somewhat arcuate, 6-7.5 mm. long, produced at the base into a short foot.
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