Pseudostems 30--60 cm, hairy. Leaf blade elliptic or oblong, 12--16 × 3.5--5 cm, hairy on both surfaces. Inflorescence branched and thyrsoid distally, 4--7 cm, densely flowered; bracts ovate or lanceolate, 1.7--2 cm × 7--10 mm; bulblets present in axils of proximal bracts, ovoid or oblong, 0.5--1.5 cm. Flowers orange, hairy. Calyx ca. 5 mm. Corolla tube ca. 2 cm; lobes linear, 6--7 mm. Lateral staminodes oblong, equaling corolla lobes. Labellum placed ca. 6 mm above corolla lobes, oblong, ca. 1 cm, apex expanded, 2-cleft. Filament curved, ca. 1.6 cm; anther ca. 2 mm, with 2 winglike appendages on each side. Fl. Aug. 2 n = 48.

Dense forests; 200--1000 m. S Yunnan [Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand].