Perennial epiphytic herbs; stolons filiform, radiating from the base of the in-florescence, several swollen at or near the point of origin to form narrowly ellip-soid or fusiform tubers ca. 1 cm long. Photosynthetic organs leaflike, 1-3 from the inflorescence base, 6-20 cm total length; lamina membranous, multinerved, nar-rowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, the apex obtuse to acute; pseudopetiole usually much shorter than the lamina. Traps borne on filiform stolon-branches, ovoid, stalked, ca. 1 mm long, the mouth basal, the upper lip with 2 subulate re-curved appendages. Inflorescences 15-40 cm long; peduncle 1-1.5 mm thick, 1-3-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, straight, 5-10 mm long, the bracte-oles similar but shorter, the sterile scales on the peduncle 2-4, similar to the bracts but usually shorter; pedicels erect, 3-5 times as long as the bract. Flowers with the calyx lobes subequal, ovate, apically rounded or obtuse, 1.5-2.2 cm long, 1.0-1.4 cm wide; corolla violet or mauve with a yellow palate, 3-5 cm long, densely stipitate-glandular, the upper lip orbicular, about twice as wide as the upper calyx lobe, the lower lip much larger, fan shaped, the apex distinctly 3-crenate, the palate gibbous, prominent, the spur narrowly conical-subulate, curved, the apex acute, shorter than the lower lip. Capsules and seeds not seen.
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