A pendent epiphyte with a short stem up to 4 cm. long.. Roots 2 mm. in diameter, white.. Leaves conduplicate, linear, acute or subacute, 5–25(–50) cm. long, 1.5–3 mm. wide.. Inflorescences pendent, 3–8 cm. long, 2–9-flowered; bracts broadly ovate-triangular, acute or obtuse, 2–2.5 mm. long.. Flowers white, with greenish tips to the segments; pedicel and ovary scabrid, 9–12 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, 6–7.3 mm. long, 2.5–3.8 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 6–9.2 mm. long, 2.1–3.1 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 5.5–6.7 mm. long, 1.9–2.8 mm. wide.. Lip slightly recurved, obscurely 3-lobed in the middle, ovate to subrhombic, acute and fleshy at the apex, 6.5–7.5 mm. long, 2–3.7 mm. wide.. Spur slender, cylindrical, pendent-decurved, 3.5–4.2 cm. long.. Column 1.7–2.3 mm. long; viscidium reniform.. Pl. 8.
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