Lip 4–5.5 mm long, 3-lobed in the apical half; mid-lobe 1.5 mm long, narrowly triangular, acute; side lobes 2.5–3 mm long, becoming thread-like at the apex; spur 8–12 mm long, slightly swollen towards the apex, straight or decurved.
Inflorescences arising below the leaves, c. 2 cm long, densely 3–5-flowered. Peduncle and rhachis rather fleshy; pedicel and ovary 3 mm long; bracts 1–3 mm long, ovate.
Leaves 6–7, distichous, borne near stem apex, 3–8 cm × 6–11 mm, ligulate, unequally and roundly 2-lobed at the apex, stiffly coriaceous.
Sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate; sepals 3.5–5 × 1.5–2 mm; petals slightly narrower, 1–1.5 mm wide.
Flowers greenish or straw-orange in colour, sweetly scented, c. 8 mm in diameter.
Roots stout, 3–5 mm in diameter, strongly verrucose, arising at base of the stem.
Stems 8–25 cm long, covered with transversely wrinkled, old leaf bases.
Erect lithophytic herb, occasionally epiphytic, often forming clumps.
Column 3–4 mm long.