Small epiphyte. Pseudobulbs ovoid, to 2.5 cm long, well spaced. Leaves 2?4, straplike, to 15 cm long, to 2 cm wide. Flowers 2?6, to 3.5 cm wide, mostly brownish, labellum yellow with brownish middle; spring. Sepals similar, spoon-shaped, laterals fused at base. Petals shorter and wider than sepals. Labellum 3-lobed, side lobes clawed, midlobe kidney-shaped, notched at tip, callus white.

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 Oncidium longipes)