rhizome not seen; leaves in a fascicle of 2 or 3, straight, erect, narrowly elongate-linear, acute or attenuate at the apex, closely veined, with a strong midrib, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, protected by 2 or 3 lanceolate acute imbricate sheaths at the base; scape erect, straight, 2 ft. high, with numerous narrow imbricate sheaths to above the middle; raceme about 6 in. long, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, very acuminate, strongly veined, 1/3– 3/4 in. long; pedicels slender, about 3/4 in. long; flowers lilac (Wood); sepals linear-lanceolate, apiculate or acute, over 1/2 in. long; petals oblong or elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, rather shorter than the sepals; lip 3-lobed, nearly as long as the petals; side lobes short, with rounded apex; front lobe suborbicular, obtuse, with numerous very strongly crested veins, forming a dense central patch and extending to the base in 3 thickened and slightly verrucose keels; spur clavate, slender, curved at the apex, 1/6 in. long; column clavate, 1/3 in. long, footless. null
