A ± pendulous epiphytic plant.. Pseudobulbs ± caespitose or superposed, each pseudobulb arising from just below the middle of an older one, narrowly cylindrical-fusiform, up to 10 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide, 2-leaved at apex, covered when young by 2 long cylindrical sheaths.. Leaves grass-like, erect, linear, acutely minutely bilobed, 3–18 cm. long, 3–5 mm. wide, chartaceous in texture.. Inflorescence suberect, racemose, 4–5.5 cm. long, subdensely many flowered, subtended by a compressed, paleaceous, acute sheath; bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 2.5 mm. long.. Flowers erect-spreading, glabrous, white or rose-white, lip tinged pink, column green; pedicel with ovary 2.5–3 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal ovate or elliptic ovate, concave, obtuse or apiculate, 2–3 mm. long, 1.5–2.25 mm. wide; lateral sepals strongly obliquely ovate or oblong-ovate, apiculate, 2.25–3.25 mm. long, 1.7–2.25 mm. wide; mentum rounded, slightly curved, 1 mm. long.. Petals obovate or elliptic-obovate, obtuse, 1.5–2.3 mm. long, 1.25–1.75 mm. wide.. Lip long-clawed, hastate, 2.6–3.6 mm. long; claw oblong, 1–1.5 mm. long; lamina triangular or ovate-triangular, acute, 1.5–2 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, obtuse, with a lunate ridge-like callus above a central saccate depression.. Column short, fleshy, 1–1.5 mm. long; rostellum porrect, obtuse at apex, shortly bidentate; foot strongly incurved, lightly channelled.
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