A caespitose epiphytic or terrestrial herb to 21 cm. tall.. Pseudobulbs narrowly conical, 3.5 cm. long, 0.9 cm. in diameter.. Leaf erect, oblanceolate, acute, 14–16.5 cm. long, 1.6–1.8 cm. broad.. Inflorescence shorter than the leaf, glabrous, up to 11 cm. long, 4–5-flowered, branches 0–1; peduncle wiry, somewhat arcuate, 8.5 cm. long; rhachis short, 1.5–2.5 cm. long; bracts distichous, ovate, acuminate, 6 mm. long.. Flowers creamy yellow or white, sweetly scented.. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 10.5 mm. long, 4 mm. broad; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, acute, 9 mm. long, 8 mm. broad, keeled on reverse; mentum conical, 6.5 mm. high.. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 7–8.6 mm. long, 2–2.8 mm. broad.. Lip obscurely 3-lobed in the middle, 9 mm. long, 5 mm. broad; side lobes erect, rounded; mid-lobe fleshy, ovate-lanceolate, apiculate; callus a narrow fleshy ridge between the side lobes to the middle of the lip.. Column short, subterete, 2.5 mm. long.. Fig. 73, p. 346.
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