Biology : |
Terrestrial herb 28-50 cm tall, inconspicuous; pseudobulbs partly subterranean, conical, 2-4x0,5-2,5 cm; leaves 3-9 in a fan, developing at anthesis, linear, 12-20x0,2-0,8 cm; inflorescences 1-2, laxly 5-12-20-flowered, peduncle wiry, rachis 7-19 cm long; flowers erect, green-brown or yellow-green with white petals and lip; bracts linear, 4-9 mm long; pedicel and ovary horizontal, 13-25 mm long; sepals erect, linear, 12-25x1 mm; petals narrowly elliptic, c. 8x1,5-2 mm; lip 3-lobed, 7-10 mm long, 5-6 mm wide; side lobes rounded; mid-lobe reflexed, subcircular, 4x3,5 mm, < 1/2 of total length of lip; callus of 3 ridges with several papillate lines on mid-lobe; spur 3-6 mm long, conical or cylindrical, at right angles to lip; fruit pendent, 20-23 mm long. |
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