Rosette stalk 30–5 long; leaves 3–5, 20–40 x 6–8mm. Flower stem 120–30 tall; stem leaves 5–6, 15–50 x 5–9mm. Flowers 1–7, 12–15 x 4.5–5.5mm, translucent green with dark green stripes, shiny. Dorsal sepal tip green. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 10–13 x 4.5–5mm, margins nearly straight, tips green. Petals with large basal flanges that block off basal opening in galea, 12–14 x 3–3.5mm. Labellum 6–7 x 2.5mm, narrowly oblong, bright green to brownish-green with similar coloured basal mound, usually an emerald green central stripe; surface cells mostly bead-like, few hair-like cells at base.
Locally common, growing in open forest, heathy forest and coastal scrub from coast to hinterland areas in freely draining shallow clay loam, gravelly loam and sandy loam.
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