Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 15 cm. tall. Secondary stems 3-6 cm. long, slender, shorter than the leaves, with one or two sheaths at the base. Leaves 5-9 cm. long and 0.3-0.6 cm. broad, ligulate to linear-ligulate, obtuse or tridentate, coriaceous. Inflorescence a 1-to several-flowered fascicle, shorter than the leaves, the flowers large for the size of the plant. Dorsal sepal about 15 mm. long and 4 mm. broad, lanceolate, long attenutate-acuminate. Lateral sepals connate nearly to their apices, about 15 mm. long and together about 5 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute. Petals about 12 mm. long and 3 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, slightly oblique. Lip about 4 mm. long and as broad, 3-lobed; the lateral lobes erect, about 1.25 mm. long and 1 mm. broad, broadly oblong, the apices rounded; the mid-lobe about 2 mm. long and 1.5 mm. broad at the base, narrowly triangular, acute; disc very fleshy, with a tripartite raised callus near the middle, and the mid-lobe covered with echinulate protuberances.
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