Plants terrestrial, fairly robust, stout, erect, 0.18-0.77 m high. Leaves 2-4, basal, erect to spreading, purple-spotted at base, coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, acute, 30-150 mm long. Inflorescence dense, 7-42-flowered; bracts deflexed. Flowers bright yellow to orange, lip red-tinged. Sepals 7-13 mm long, partly fused to petals and lip. Petals narrower. Lip nodding forward, as deep as tall, apical flap bent backwards, 2 mm long; spur slender, 9-12 mm long. Flowering time Aug.-Oct.
Stout, tuberous geophyte to 80 cm. Leaves 2-4, basal and spreading, purple-spotted at base, leathery, elliptic to ovate, bracts deflexed. Flowers 7-20 in a dense raceme, bright yellow to bright orange, sepals 7-13 mm long, spurs 9-12 mm long.