Pseudostems 0.8--1.2 m. Ligule ca. 5 mm, densely pilose; petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 10--25 × 1.5--4.5 cm, slightly pilose along veins on both surfaces or glabrescent, base cuneate or broadly so, apex caudate. Inflorescence a thyrse, 20--40 cm; bracts yellowish white, caducous; cincinni 0.5--2 cm, 1--3-flowered; bulblets present, cylindric, 1--3(--5) cm × 2--4(--5) mm, with 3--5 nodes. Flowers yellow. Calyx purple or yellowish, campanulate, 4--5 mm. Corolla curved, ca. 1.2 cm; lobes reflexed, broadly ovate, 4--6 mm. Lateral staminodes linear-lanceolate, 7--12 × ca. 2 mm. Labellum reflexed, oblong-oblanceolate, 1--1.5(--2) cm × 4--5 mm, apex 2-lobed. Filament orange, curved, 1.2--2.5 cm; anther 3--4 mm, without appendages. Capsule ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, 1--2(--3) cm, tumescent, rugulose. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Jul--Oct. 2 n = 24*.

* Mountains; 600--1100 m. C Sichuan (Emei Shan).