Epiphytic herbs with very stout pseudobulbs. Inflorescences erect racemes, produced from near the base of the pseudobulbs. Sepals subequal, free, spreading, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the dorsal sepal 2.4-2.6 cm. long and .6-.7 cm. wide, laterals lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2.6-2.8 cm. long and .7-.8 cm. wide. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 2.5 cm. long and .9-1.1 cm. wide. Lip distinctly 3-lobed, 1.8-2 cm. long and 1.8-2 cm. wide when spread out, the lateral lobes rounded and strongly reflexed, the entire mid-lobe projecting beyond the laterals, subcuneate, abruptly apiculate. Column twisted to one side. Flowers described as "'red-brown, with small spots. Lip rose, spotted with red-brown."
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