Small epiphyte or epilith. Pseudobulbs cylindrical or ovoid, to 2 cm long, erect, clustered. Leaves ovate to elliptic, to 2.5 cm long, to 2 cm wide, shiny dark greygreen. Flowers 2-5, to 3 cm wide, deep red; autumn to winter. Sepals elliptic to ovate. Petals ovate, not much wider than sepals. Labellum simple, ovate to triangular, base white or yellowish.

Brazil.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Sophronitis cernua)