Small to medium sized epiphyte or epilith. Pseudobulbs conical, to 3 cm long, clustered, green. Leaves apical, 2 or 3, lanceolate to elliptic, to 10 cm long, to 2.5 cm wide. Flowers several to many, to 3 cm wide, opening widely, golden yellow with reddish streaks on lateral sepals and labellum; autumn to winter. Labellum 3- lobed, side lobes oblong, silky-hairy, midlobe ovate.

S Africa, Swaziland.

P. bella Summerh. from Kenya is a small to medium epiphyte with racemes or panicles of yellow or golden flowers.

P. zambesiaca Rolfe from Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia is a small epiphyte or epilith with short racemes of mostly greenish-yellow flowers.

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.