An epiphyte with pendent stems, 9–60 cm. long, 2 mm. in diameter, ascending at the apex.. Roots 1.5–2.5 mm. in diameter, verrucose.. Leaves grass-like, linear, unequally acutely bilobed, 7–23 cm. long, 1–2.5 mm. wide, glossy sap-green, twisted at base and articulated to spotted leaf-sheaths 15–17 mm. long.. Inflorescences 2–5 cm. long 5–9-flowered; peduncle 2–8 mm. long; bracts amplexicaul, 1–2 mm. long.. Flowers pale lime-green, green or yellow-green, with a sweet nocturnal scent; pedicel and ovary 3–3.6 mm. long, lepidote.. Dorsal sepal elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 2.3–2.8 mm. long, 1.5–1.6 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 2.5–3.3 mm. long, 1.5–1.6 mm. wide.. Petals linear, acute or obtuse, 2–3 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide.. Lip 3-lobed in the middle, 1.7–2.3 mm. long, 1.8–3 mm. wide; side lobes spreading, narrower than the mid-lobe, acute; mid-lobe blunt.. Spur filiform, incurved, 11–13 mm. long.. Column 0.7–0.8 mm. long.. Fig. 156, p. 618.
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