Rosette leaves 3–10, ovate, 3–15 x 3–7mm, bright green, margins entire. Flower stem 50–25 tall, thin, wiry, 1–8-flowered. Flowers well spaced, 1–4 open at once, externally smooth, 7–10 x 3–3.5mm, green and white, apex flat to decurved, green or brown. Dorsal sepal about as long as petals, both smooth. Synsepalum protruding in side view at sinus like curved platform; frontal opening deeply notched. Free points triangular-tapered, c. long, not reaching top of hood. Labellum tip just visible above sinus when set, oblong, 3.5–4 x 1.5mm, brown and white.
Widespread and locally common from coast to inland areas, growing in open forest, shrubby forest, coastal scrub and heathland in freely draining sands, gravels and loams; also in moss beds over rock plates and rainshadow areas in tall forest.
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