Small terrestrial. Leaves 1?3, narrow lanceolate, to 20 cm long, to 4 cm wide. Flowers few-many, to 1.5 cm wide, purple; summer. Sepals and petals similar, oblong. Labellum more or less equally 4-lobed, spur to 3 cm long. Naturalised in Fiji and Hawaii.

Madagascar.

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.