Rosette leaves 6–10, 20–45 x 7–14mm. Flower stem 150–35 tall, 2–12-flowered. Flowers semi-nodding, well spaced, 20–22 x 7–9mm, translucent white with dark brown to leaden green areas, hairy. Dorsal sepal point filamentous, 8–1 long, decurved. Lateral sepals as wide as hood, deeply concave, densely hairy; free points 18–2 long, parallel, curved forwards or upcurved with points often embracing dorsal sepal. Petals with large basal flanges blocking off base of opening, 15–17 x 3.5–4mm. Labellum spathulate, 4.5–5.5 x 3–3.5mm, reddish-brown, thin-textured, broadly channelled, covered with short hairs; marginal bristles 12–16, 2– long, spreading; basal lobe small, lacking bristles.
Relatively widespread and locally common, growing in woodland with sparse understorey, shrubland and on granite outcrops in freely draining to moisture-retentive gravels, sands and clay soils.
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