Small epiphyte. STEMS to 15 cm long. LEAVES ovate, to 9 cm long, to 4 cm wide, fleshy to leathery, green. INFLORESCENCES to 10 cm long, erect. FLOWERS solitary, to 4 cm long; winter to spring. DORSAL SEPAL erect. LATERAL SEPALS about as long as dorsal, yellow with reddish-purple veins or lines of spots. LABELLUM 3-lobed, side lobes sickle-shaped, midlobe fiddle-shaped, warty, brown with maroon spots.

Colombia, Venezuela and 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.