stems elongate, terete or somewhat sulcate, 1/3–1 ft. long, with 6 to many leaves on the upper part or near the apex and numerous imbricate membranous sheaths below; leaves distichous, linear-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 1/4–1 ft. long, 1/2–1 1/2 in. broad, with 3–5 prominent veins; panicle terminal, 1/2–1 ft. long, usually with several branches, rarely reduced to a simple raceme, with a few short sheaths below; bracts triangular-ovate, subacute, 1/6 in. long; pedicels slender, 1–1 1/4 in. long; flowers medium-sized, light yellow, more or less barred or blotched with light dusky brown; sepals and petals spreading, oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about 3/4 in. long; lip 3-lobed, rather shorter than the sepals; side lobes erect, oblong, obtuse; front lobe recurved, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or emarginate; disc with 3 prominent crenulate keels; column clavate, 1/3 in. long. null
