A many-stemmed, erect or pendulous epiphytic or lithophytic plant, glabrous except for the inflorescence.. Stems caespitose, slender, to 30 cm. long; annual stem superposed, emitted from the apical half of the preceding growth, narrowly cylindrical fusiform, terete, to 9 cm. long, 2 mm. diameter, at first covered with a few sheaths, 2–4-leaved towards apex.. Leaves suberect, oblong-or lanceolate-ligulate, apex subacutely bilobed, 3–10 cm. long, 5–11 mm. wide.. Inflorescence unbranched, 4–7 cm. long, sublaxly 3–9-flowered; peduncle slender, ± flexuose, 2.5–3.5 cm. long, pubescent; bracts erect-spreading, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, to 1 cm. long.. Flowers suberect, dull violet-red and green; lip mid-lobe creamy and side-lobes pinkish; pedicel and ovary 5–7 mm. long, densely pubescent.. Dorsal sepal broadly lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 5.5–6 mm. long, 2.5–3.25 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely lanceolate-triangular, acuminate, 9 mm. long, 5.25–6.25 mm. wide, forming with the column-foot a conical mentum 4.5–5.5 mm. long.. Petals oblanceolate, acute, 4.5–5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide.. Lip recurved, with a long claw, 3-lobed in apical half, 7.5 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide; mid-lobe orbicular-ovate, apex acute, recurved, 3 mm. long and wide; side lobes ± triangular, acute, 1.2 mm. wide; disc glabrous; callus fleshy, 3-toothed.. Column fleshy, 1.5–2 mm. long, truncate; foot 5 mm. long.
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