Small epiphyte or epilith with creeping, branching rhizomes, mat-forming. Leaves ellipsoid, to 2.5 cm long, to 4 cm wide, fleshy, warty, prostrate. Flowers 2-10, to 2 cm long, not widely opening, cream, yellowish or green with purplish striations; spring to summer. Sepals and petals narrow and pointed. Labellum distinctly 3-lobed, cream with purple markings.Syn. Dendrobium cucumerinum Lindl.

Qld & NSW.

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 Dockrillia cucumerina)