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Terrestrial herb; tubers ellipsoid, 1,5-2x1 cm; sterile stems to 4 cm tall, with 1-2 leaves, erect, linear-lanceolate, apiculate, 8x0,8 cm; fertile stem 20-50 cm tall, with 10-12 imbricate cauline leaves, subacute, 3-6x1 cm, apices free; inflorescence dense, 3-11 cm long, cylindrical, 10-30-flowered; bracts narrowly ovate, 1,5-2,5x0,5 cm, conspicuous, overtopping flowers; ovary c. 1 cm long; flowers white to pale mauve with purplish mottling; dorsal sepal obovate-elliptic, 4-5x4-5 mm; spur pendent from ± middle, slender, cylindrical, 3,5-5 mm long; lateral sepals oblong-ovate, 4-5x3-4 mm, obtuse, spreading upwards and curved forwards; petals 3,5-5x3-4,5 mm, 2-lobed, lobes subequal; lip pendent, linear, 3,5-4,5x0,5-1 mm. |
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