plant 3/4–1 3/4 ft. high, with rather slender stem; leaves 2–4, basal or nearly so, suberect or somewhat spreading, lanceolate or oblong, subacute, 1–2 1/2 in. long, submembranous; scapes 3/4–1 3/4 ft. high, with numerous lanceolate or spathaceous sheaths; spikes 1–6 in. long, somewhat dense, many-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, reflexed when the flower expands; pedicels 4–5 lin. long, much compressed; flowers medium-sized, lilac, spotted with purple inside the lip and spurs, and the anther carmine; odd sepal oblong, obtuse, about 1/4 in. long; lateral sepals rather longer than the odd one and somewhat falcate and spreading; petals elliptic-oblong, rather larger than the odd sepal, sometimes minutely toothed at the apex; lip scarcely galeate, ovate at the base, produced into an oblong obtuse somewhat incurved beak above, about 2 1/2 lin. long; spurs oblong, very stout, obtuse, about 1/4 in. long; column straight, 2 lin. long; stigma elliptic, obtuse, 1/2 lin. long; rostellum very minute. null
