Japan Flora: Roots mostly oblong; stems 8-15 cm. long; leaves 3, some-times 2, nearly radical and approximate, spreading, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, obtuse, mucronate, the upper leaves narrower and shorter; flowers few; bracts nearly hyaline, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 1-ribbed, 5-10 mm. long; sepals oblong, 1- or sometimes 2- nerved, 4.5-6 mm. long, obtuse; petals oblique, broadly ovate, obtuse, 2-nerved, about 3 mm. long; lip 8-10 mm. long, rather daply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes ascending, the terminal lobe larger, broadly cuneate, deeply bifid; spur 4-5 mm. long, ob-tuse. Mar.-Apr.

Kyushu (s. distr.). Ryukyus.