Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to about 33 cm. tall. Secondary stems 11-13 cm. long, covered with the sheathing cauline bracts, shorter than the leaves. Leaves 17-20 cm. long and 3-3.5 cm. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, gradually narrowed into a short petiole. Inflorescence racemose, as long as or longer than the subtending leaves. Sepals connate for a short distance at their bases. Dorsal sepal about 6 mm. long and 3.5 mm. broad, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, acute, apiculate. Lateral sepals about 5 mm. long and 4.5 mm. broad, broadly ovate, somewhat oblique, acute, apiculate. Petals about 1.5 mm. long and 1.5 broad, nearly orbicular, the apex thickened. Lip about 2-2.25 mm. long and 0.8-1 mm. broad, oblong to oblong-obovate, obscurely 3-lobed, the basal half filled with a large callus, the terminal part thin, minutely puberulent dorsally.
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