Medium sized epiphyte. Pseudobulbs ovoid, to 18 cm long. Leaves 2 or 3, linear to oblong, to 45 cm long, to 5.5 cm wide. Flowers many, to 5 cm wide, fragrant; winter to spring. Sepals and petals similar, lanceolate to elliptic, petals somewhat smaller than sepals, green or yellowish with reddish-brown bars or spots. Labellum heart-shaped, entire, short-clawed, margins wavy, white or pink. Syn. Odontoglossum bictoniense (Bateman) Lindl.

Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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. (as Lemboglossum bictoniense)