Plants ca. 32 cm tall. Pseudobulbs tuberous, irregularly cylindric, ca. 2 cm in diam.

 Leaves 2, well developed at anthesis; petiole-like stalk enclosed in several sheaths.

Inflorescence ca. 32 cm, taller than leaves; peduncle with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths; rachis pendulous, ca. 4.5 cm, densely many flowered; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, lower ones ca. as long as flowers. Flowers rose-colored; pedicel and ovary ca. 10 mm. Sepals narrowly ligulate-oblong, 13-15 × 2-3 mm, apex apiculate; lateral sepals somewhat longer than dorsal sepal, slightly oblique. Petals suboblong, slightly oblique, 13-15 × 4.5-5 mm, apex apiculate; lip ovate, ca. 12 × 8 mm, concave to shallowly saccate at base, unlobed, margin undulate, apex subtruncate; disk papillate and thickened above middle. Column ca. 4.5 mm. Fl. Dec.

据原描述此种植物花为玫瑰红色，这在国产种类中是独一无二的，花也比较大，看来是一个很好的种。可惜我们至今未采到标本。上面描述译自新种拉丁记载，并参考唐进、汪发缵从模式标本（Esquirol 3169)绘的草图予以补充。从草图看模式标本上的叶已被折断丢失了。