Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to 3.5 dm. tall. Secondary stems up to 2.5 dm. long, slender, ancipitous or winged, at least when dry, with one or more basal sheaths, naked above. Leaves 6-13 cm. long and 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, cordate at the base when mature, coria-ceous. Inflorescence a fascicle of 1-several, rather long-pedicellate flowers, shorter than the leaves. Dorsal sepal 9-10 mm. long and 2.5-4 mm. broad, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, cucullate, fleshy. Lateral sepals 9-10 mm. long and together 2-4 mm. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, cucullate, fleshy, connate to their apices. Petals 7-10 mm. long and 1.4-1.8 mm. broad, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuated into a thin claw at the base, the apical half semi-terete. Lip 1.5-2.5 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad when expanded, triangular-crescentiform and with two linear-lanceolate arms at the base, the whole when spread out suggesting a ram's head.
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