Roeperocharis Rchb.F.

Terrestrial herbs with tuberous roots. Stems unbranched, leafy. Leaves usually narrow, scattered along the stem. Inflorescence terminal, few-to many-flowered. Flowers resupinate, green. Sepals free, the laterals spreading. Petals free, simple but often toothed or irregular, rather fleshy. Lip free, calcarate, 3-lobed or rarely simple; spur cylindrical. Column erect, the 2 anther-loculi separate at the sides of the broad connective and ± divergent, canals scarcely developed, auricles large, elliptical or quadrate; pollinaria 2, each with sectile pollinium, a long caudicle and small viscidium; stigmatic processes distinct, each 2-lobed, one lobe projecting downwards in front of the lip-base, the other upright in front of the anther-connective, rostellum 3-lobed, the side lobes spreading, narrowed towards the apex, the middle lobe low and rounded or emarginate, adnate to the connective.