Herbs, terrestrial or lithophytic, 30–60(–75) cm. Leaves absent at flowering time, 2–8, short-petiolate; blade elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 30 × 5 cm, apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescences 8–18 cm; rachis scurfy with white dots; floral bracts red, lanceolate, 15–25 mm, exceeding ovary, scurfy. Flowers brick red, 15–50; dorsal sepal 15–18 × 5 mm; lateral sepals 24 × 3.5 mm, connate for 5–7 mm over basal portion of mentum, distinct portion of mentum 15–18 mm, about 2/3 length of ovary; petals 18–24 × 3–6 mm; lip brick red to pale red, 20–24 × 6 mm; column 11 mm from attachment of dorsal sepal to tip, foot extending back 11–12 mm; pollinaria 4–5 mm, viscidia 3–3.5 mm; pedicellate ovary 10–13 mm; rostellum 4–5 mm. Capsules 10–13 × 7 cm, scurfy. Seeds largely monoembryonic.
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