plant 2–6 in. high; stems moderately stout, suberect or somewhat decumbent; leaves 2–4, ovate to elliptic-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 3/4–2 1/2 in. long, 1/2–1 1/4 in. broad, submembranous, the lower spreading, upper much smaller; scapes 2–6 in. high; spikes 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, usually lax and few-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, 1/3– 3/4 in. long, the lower somewhat reflexed; pedicels about 2 lin. long, with broad denticulate ridges; flowers rather small, brownish-yellow lined with red; sepals and petals united to nearly the middle, each with a strong central nerve; odd sepal oblong, obtuse, about 1 1/2 lin. long; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, obtuse, rather longer than the odd sepal; petals ovate, obtuse, about 1 1/2 lin. long; lip cucullate, 3–3 1/2 lin. long, with about 9 strong nerves, apex narrowed to a broad reflexed point, margin and nerves outside slightly scaberulous; spurs broadly saccate, very short; column curved, 2 lin. long; stigma ovate-oblong, subobtuse, about 1/2 lin. long, broader than long; rostellum broad, 3-lobed at the apex, nearly as long as the stigma. null
