Flowering plant to 25 cm tall, stem leaves 2–5, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 8–12, elliptic to oblong, 1.5–3 cm long, 6–12 mm wide. Flowers 1–10, porrect, 3–3.5 cm long, reddish-brown and green with transparent areas in the petals and galea; dorsal sepal with an upcurved filiform point 9–12 mm long; lateral sepals deflexed, conjoined part broadly ovate in outline when flattened, much wider than galea, shallowly concave, margins slightly incurved, densely ciliate, free points filamentous, 15–20 mm long, divergent; petals with a well-developed proximal flange. Labellum ovate, 5–7 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, brown, thick; marginal hairs 6–10 in pairs, 1–3 mm long, white, forward-pointing; basal lobe thick, with numerous short hairs. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
