Plants terrestrial, stout and fleshy, 0.19-0.62 m high. Leaves 4-6, cauline, partly erect, oblong to elliptic-oblong, acute, 70-200 mm long. Inflorescence dense, 20-50-flowered; bracts slightly deflexed, margins glabrous. Flowers pink. Sepals 6-10 mm long, partly fused to petals and lip, oblong, obtuse, forming loose tube with lip, deflexed. Petals similar. Lip taller than deep, apical flap 1 mm long, rounded, bent back; spur slender, 7-31 mm long. Flowering time Dec.-Feb.
Herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves narrowly oblong to elliptic-oblong, cauline, suberect, merging gradually into sheaths. Flowers: dense or more usually well-spaced; bracts deflexed at anthesis; lip with sides semi-orbicular at aperture; spurs appearing abruptly at base of lip, 15-31 mm long; sepals usually 8-11 mm long; perianth variously pink or white; Dec.-Mar.
Terrestrial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Flowers dense or more usually well-spaced. Spurs 15-31 mm long. Sepals usually 8-11 mm long. Flowers white, pink or deep pink.