Epiphytic on trees in dense forests; ca. 2100 m. S Xizang, SW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

We have only collected one specimen with fruit. Since it is connate with leaves below the middle part of the scape, it is definitely a species. The above description of flowers is from foreign literature.

Stem ca. 1 cm. Leaves subbasal, several, inconspicuously distichous-equitant, laterally compressed, ensiform, sometimes slightly falcate, 7-10 × 0.6-1.5 cm, thick, veins obscure, base articulate, apex acute or acuminate.

Peduncle foliaceous and fused with leaf in basal half, appearing to arise from inner side of leaf blade; rachis thickly fleshy, many flowered; racemes spikelike; floral bracts ovate-orbicular, ca. 0.8 mm, margin irregularly incised. Flowers pale brown, very small; pedicel and ovary very short, conspicuously shorter than floral bracts. Sepals ovate or elliptic, ca. 0.8 × 0.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly oblong, ca. 0.7 × 0.2 mm, apex obtuse; lip ovate, slightly longer than sepals, margin entire, with obtuse basal auricles, apex obtuse or acute. Column short, stout. 

Capsule subovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 2 × 1.3 mm, with a very short pedicel. Fl. Nov-Mar, fr. May.