Relatively small, terrestrial or epiphytic herbs up to 3 5 cm. tall. Stems ancipitous, with the principal leaf near the middle. Leaves 6.5-23.5 cm. long and 1.5-5 cm. broad, narrowly elliptic to broadly lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Sepals 3-4 cm. long and 0.4-0.7 cm. broad, linear to oblong-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, the laterals somewhat falcate. Petals 3-4 cm. long and about 0.5 cm. broad, lanceolate to oblanceolate-linear, obtuse or acute, sometimes apiculate. Lip 28-35 mm. long and 16-20 mm. broad, oval to obovate, the anterior margin dentate-fimbriate, the posterior margins entire; disc with several thickened nerves and 2 callus thickenings at the base, pubescent especially toward the apex. Column about 16-18 mm. long.
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