Medium sized epiphyte. Pseudobulbs ovoid, to 11 cm long, clustered. Leaves 2 or 3, strap-like, to 45 cm long, to 4 cm wide. Flowers 3-15, to 7 cm wide; winter to spring. Sepals and petals similar, oblanceolate, the petals with wavy margins, green with brown or purplish tips. Labellum 3-lobed, midlobe almost round to broadoblong, cream with reddish veins or streaks.

Mexico, C America and S America

E. adenocaula (La Llave &Lex.) Schltr. from Mexico is a medium sized epiphyte with many flowered inflorescences of mostly pink to purplish flowers, the labellum often being paler than the sepals and petals. [E. nemoralis (Lindl.) Schltr.]

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.