Plants 17–62 cm. Leaves 2, in subequal basal pair lying on ground; bracts (very rarely, 0–)1–6, scattered along stem; blade broadly elliptic to orbiculate or oblate, 5–21 × 3–22 cm. Spikes lax to dense. Flowers resupinate, rather showy; calyx mostly greenish white; corolla mostly white; lateral sepals reflexed to somewhat spreading; petals lanceolate-falcate, margins entire; lip descending to somewhat reflexed, linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, without basal thickening, 7–17 × 1–2.5 mm, margins entire; spur slenderly clavate, 14–27 mm; rostellum lobes directed strongly forward, wide-spreading, angular; pollinaria nearly straight, 3–4.5(–4.8, very rarely) mm; pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs; viscidia orbiculate; ovary slender to rather stout, mostly 10–26 mm. 2n = 42.
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