Japan Flora: Stems rather stout, 10-20 cm. long, glabrous and leafy below; leaves alternate, ovate-oblong to oblong, about 4.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, acute, rounded to obtuse at base, the petioles about 2 cm. long, sheathing at base; peduncles with few scales, pubescent; inflorescence loosely few- flowered; flowers rose; dorsal sepal ovate to broadly so, about 5.5 mm. long, slightly caudate and obtuse, the lateral sepals oblong, spreading, about 11 mm. long; petals lanceolate, appressed to the dorsal sepal; lip about 23 mm. long, saccate at base, the claw slender, fimbriate, the limb V-shaped, bifid, the lobes ascending, cuneate; column about 0.8 mm. long; ovary pubescent.