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Epiphytic monopodial herbs; stems short, leafy; roots arising at stem base.Leaves distichous, conduplicate, linear or ligulate.Inflorescences arising in leaf axils, many-flowered.Flowers rather fleshy, white or creamy-yellow.Sepals and petals subsimilar.Lip entire, concave, clasping the column, spurred at the base.Column short, stout; androclinium transverse; anther convex; pollinia 2; stipes 1, short; viscidium slipper-shaped; rostellum 3-lobed, mid-lobe acute, lateral lobes obscure.