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Leaves 2, subopposite, or rarely 3, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Scapes about 9 in. long, naked below, sparsely pilose above with glanduliferous hairs, and two or three minute sheaths; spikes secund, 6–20-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, one-third as long as the ovary. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, cucullate, acute; lateral semioblong, with arching nerves, acute. Petals much smaller than the sepals, oblong, acute, one-nerved. Lip simple, cuneate; apex retuse, tridentate or obscurely trilobed; spur filiform, deflexed or incurved, 1/2– 2/3 as long as the ovary. Column short and stout.

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Leaves 2, subopposite, or rarely 3, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Scapes about 9 in. long, naked below, sparsely pilose above with glanduliferous hairs, and two or three minute sheaths; spikes secund, 6–20-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, one-third as long as the ovary. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, cucullate, acute; lateral semioblong, with arching nerves, acute. Petals much smaller than the sepals, oblong, acute, one-nerved. Lip simple, cuneate; apex retuse, tridentate or obscurely trilobed; spur filiform, deflexed or incurved, 1/2– 2/3 as long as the ovary. Column short and stout.

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Leaves 2, subopposite, or rarely 3, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Scapes about 9 in. long, naked below, sparsely pilose above with glanduliferous hairs, and two or three minute sheaths; spikes secund, 6–20-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, one-third as long as the ovary. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, cucullate, acute; lateral semioblong, with arching nerves, acute. Petals much smaller than the sepals, oblong, acute, one-nerved. Lip simple, cuneate; apex retuse, tridentate or obscurely trilobed; spur filiform, deflexed or incurved, 1/2– 2/3 as long as the ovary. Column short and stout.