Small epiphyte with pendent rhizomes. Stems very short, hidden by brown papery bracts. Leaves solitary, linear-lanceolate, to 12 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide, 2-lobed at tip. Flowers 1 to several in succession, to 2.5 cm wide, mostly brick-red; throughout the year. Sepals and petals similar. Labellum ovate, base white and partially enclosing column. Syn. C. rubra Ames, C. retisquamea.

Phillipines.

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.