An erect to pendulous epiphytic plant 13–28 cm. long.. Stems clustered, pseudo-bulbous below, terete above, 2–3 cm. long, 2–3 mm. wide; pseudobulbs narrowly conical, 1 cm. long, 4 mm. wide.. Leaves 3, linear-ligulate, suberect to spreading, rounded or shortly unequally bilobed at apex, articulated 0.5–1.5 cm. above the base, 3.5–11 cm. long, 5–7 mm. wide.. Inflorescence much longer than the leaves, unbranched, 11–23 cm. long, 3–10-flowered; peduncle terete, densely pubescent, 7–20 cm. long; rhachis terete, densely pubescent; bracts ovate, acuminate, 2–3 mm. long.. Flowers erect-spreading, white with a greenish mentum, sepals tipped with purple, scent of anise, drying dark brown-black; pedicel and ovary pubescent.. Dorsal sepal narrowly oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or mucronate, 9 mm. long, 3 cm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lanceolate, mucronate or rounded at apex, 10 mm. long 4 mm. wide; mentum shallow, conical, 3.5 mm. high.. Petals shortly clawed, lamina ovate to orbicular, 6.3–8.4 mm. long, 3–3.5 mm. wide, obtuse or mucronate.. Lip shortly clawed, recurved, very obscurely 3-lobed below the middle, 7.5–8.5 mm. long, 4.6–5 mm. wide; side lobes obscure, narrowly oblong; mid-lobe ovate, acute, densely clavate papillose, 4.5 mm. long, 3.6 mm. wide; disc with a central fleshy keel to one-third the length of the lip.. Column semiterete, 2.5 mm. long.
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