Rosette leaves 3–6, ovate, 10–25 x 6–12mm, dark green, margins entire. Flower stem 100–25 tall, with 3–6 clasping stem bracts to 20 x 4mm. Flower erect, hood sickle-shaped, 18–25 x 7–9mm, translucent white with green and brown areas and stripes. Dorsal sepal tip finely tapered, 4– long. Sinus flat to shallowly curved in side view, broadly U-shaped in front view. Free points filiform, 25–3 long. Labellum curved, protruding prominently from sinus when set, 14–16 x 4mm, drawn out into long pointed apex.
Widespread in coastal lowlands, coastal ranges, foothills, tablelands and mountains, growing in coastal scrub and heathy forest in sands and sandy loam; also among rocks, shrubs and grass on slopes, ridges, flats and gorges in open forest in heavier soils.
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