Small epiphyte or epilith. Stems to 25 cm long, tufted, hanging. Leaves many, oblong, to 7 cm long, to 3 cm wide, tip 2-lobed, blue-green. Flowers usually solitary, to 8 cm wide, yellow-green with reddish markings, labellum deep maroon; summer. Sepals and petals similar, oblong, spreading. Labellum almost round, tip notched, margins deeply fringed. Syn. Epidendrum medusae (Rchb. f.) Veitch.

Ecuador.

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.