Japan Flora: Stem slenderly terete, arising from a long-creeping base, 10-15 cm. tall, including the inflorescence; leaves 4-6 on a stem, the blades ovate to ovate-elliptic, to 4 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, 3-nerved, fresh green, abruptly shortacute, rounded at base, the petiole patent, nearly 15 mm. long, sheathing below; scape erect, slenderly terete, pubescent, with few scales below the middle, terminated by a spikelike raceme of 2 to 7 flowers; flowers white and pink-tinged, about 4 mm. long; bracts lanceolate, light reddish, 2/3 as long as the ovary; sepals pubescent outside, the central one ovate-acute, the lateral ovate, 3.2 mm. long; petals appressed on the central sepal, thin, elliptic, 3 mm. long; labellum patent, much exserted, T-shaped, 5.5 mm. long, the hypochilus rounded-ciliate, with a pair of horns inside, the mesochilus slenderly cylindric, the epichilus 2-lobed, the lobes ovate-acute, 1.8 mm. long; column 1.5 mm. long, with 2-fid rostellum and 2 appendages at apex. July-Aug.

Kyushu (Ohsumi).