Plants usually consisting of single projecting growth with numerous thin roots. Stems 50–150 mm long, sparsely branched, flattened. Leaves 6–15, crowded, 40–60 × 7–9 mm, stiff, leathery, often yellowish green. Racemes 50–100 mm long, erect, wiry, apex expanded with spirally arranged bracts. Flowers facing upwards, 9–11 × 12–15 mm, cream or white, fragrant, 1–4 open at once. Sepals and petals cupped but widely spreading. Dorsal sepal 6–7 × 3 mm. Lateral sepals 6–7 × 4 mm. Petals c. 6 × 2 mm. Labellum c. 5 × 2 mm; lateral lobes erect, c. 1.5 × 3 mm, hairy; midlobe short, fleshy, hairy; spur short, hairy.
Widespread and common; found growing in lowland rainforest and on mangroves, usually in humid, airy situations. Plants are often seen perched in exposed positions on small branches.
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