A terrestrial herb 4.5–9 dm. high, glabrous except for the roots.. Tubers ellipsoid to elongate-ovoid, 4–4.5 cm. long, 1–2 cm. in diameter, densely tomentose.. Roots slender, flexuous, pubescent.. Sterile stem to 7 cm. long, 3–4-leaved; 2 lower leaves sheath-like, obtuse, the upper leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, acute, up to 17–19 cm. long and 3.5–5.5 cm. broad.. Fertile stem slender to rather stout, almost covered by sheathing leaves; sheaths 6–10, lanceolate, acute, up to 5–12 cm. long and 1.5–3 cm. broad.. Inflorescence narrowly cylindrical, 11–30 cm. long, 2 cm. in diameter, rather loosely many-flowered; bracts soon reflexed, lanceolate, acute, 8–27 mm. long, the lower ones longer than the flowers.. Flowers curved outwards, sessile, green or greenish-white, becoming brown; ovary stout, 5–7 mm. long.. Sepals and petals much decurved, united to one another and to the lip in their basal third.. Intermediate sepal elliptical-oblong, rounded, 4–5 mm. long, scarcely 1 mm. broad; laterals obliquely oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, a little longer than the intermediate, ± 1.5 mm. broad, 2-veined.. Petals oblanceolate, rounded, shorter than sepals, 0.5 mm. broad, 1-veined.. Lip ellipsoid, with a narrow mouth, the apex shortly recurved, 5.5–8 mm. long.. Spurs parallel to ovary, 6–7.5 mm. long, ± 1 mm. in diameter, scarcely tapering.. Column inside lip, much curved, 3.5–4 mm. high; stigma erect, ± concave, transversely elliptical, 1.5 mm. high, 2 mm. broad, rostellum 3-lobed, the middle-lobe much larger than the tooth-like side lobes, broadly spoon-shaped from a narrow base, apex upcurved.
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Column curved, 4 mm high; stigma 1.5–2 mm; rostellum mid-lobe broadly spoon-shaped from a narrow base, much longer than side lobes.
Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved; lowermost 1–2 leaves loosely sheathing; upper leaves to 17 × 3.5 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate.
Inflorescence 15–30 × 1.5–2 cm, narrowly cylindrical, fairly laxly many-flowered, the rhachis visible between the flowers.
Lip 4.5–6 mm long, 5.5–7.5 mm wide when flattened, ellipsoid or obovoid with a narrow mouth, the apex slightly reflexed.
Median sepal 4–6 × c. 1 mm, oblong, rounded; lateral sepals similar but about twice as wide and oblique.
Terrestrial herb 45–90 cm high; tubers to 4.5 × 2 cm, ovoid or ellipsoid, woolly.
Sepals and petals curled under, joined to each other and lip in basal third.
Flowering shoot with 6–10 loosely sheathing leaves up to 12 cm long.
Flowers greenish-white turning brown, rhachis and ovary pinkish.
Bracts up to 27 mm long at base of inflorescence, reflexed.
Petals 3.5–4.5 × c. 1 mm, the edge ciliolate.
Spurs 5–8 mm long, parallel to ovary.
Ovary and pedicel 5–7 mm long.
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