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Plants epiphytic or rarely epilithic; stems to 300 mm long, branching, tangled, c. 3 mm in diameter; roots restricted to the very base; leaves not imbricate, terete, sulcate, stiff and often fleshy, 60-100, 2-4 mm in diameter. Inflorescences borne below the leaves, less than 5 mm long with very short peduncles, with 2-5 flowers. Flowers cream-coloured, star-like, 3 mm in diameter. Sepals triangular, acute, spreading, 3 x 2 mm. Petals lorate, 2.5 x 1 mm. Lip narrowly oblong, 2-3 mm long, tridentate, teeth acute, lateral teeth shorter than the median, prominent calli flanking the spur entrance; spur cylindrical, 7-8 mm long. Gynostemium squat, 1 mm tall, widely winged in front. Capsules 10 mm long, ellipsoid.
Plants epiphyte, up to 0.18 m high. Roots restricted to base. Stems up to 300 mm long, branching, tangled. Leaves terete, sulcate, stiff, fleshy, 60-100 x 2-4 mm. Inflorescence borne below leaves, < 5 mm long, 2-5-flowered. Flowers cream-coloured, star-like, 3 mm in diam. Sepals triangular, spreading, acute, 3 x 2 mm. Petals lorate, 2.5 x 1 mm. Lip narrowly oblong, 2-3 mm long, tridentate, teeth acute, lateral teeth shorter than median; spur cylindrical 7-8 mm long. Flowering time Nov., Dec.
Lip auriculate at the base, 3–6.5 × 3.5–4 mm, 3-lobed towards the apex; mid-lobe 1.7–2.5 mm long, triangular, acute; side lobes slender, acute, of similar length to mid-lobe; spur 6–18 mm long, straight, very slightly dilated in the apical half.
Leaves borne on apical half of the stem, 7–15 cm long and 1.5–4 mm in diameter, terete, with or without a groove along the upper surface, olive-green.
Inflorescences borne along the stem, below the leaves and in leaf axils, 1.5–3 cm long, densely 4–8-flowered.
Stem stout, up to c. 50 cm long, 4–5 mm in diameter, rather sparsely branched.
Sepals 3–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm, ovate, acute, the lateral sepals oblique.
Erect or pendent epiphytic herbs, occasionally lithophytic.
Flowers whitish, pale ochre-yellow or salmon-pink.
Petals 3–6 × 1–2 mm, lanceolate, acute, falcate.
Pedicel and ovary 2.5–5 mm long, lepidote.
Flowers straw-yellow or apricot-coloured.
Younger leaf sheaths dotted with black.
Roots 2–4 mm in diameter, smooth.
Bracts c. 1 mm long.
Column 1–2 mm long.
