Plant: stems to 25cm tall.

Flowers: 1-2 pale pink with a greenish tinge to the dorsal sepal. Back of column bright green with pink glandular hairs and pink anther, labellum red barred with two rows of yellow topped calli between the wings, often with extra scattered calli to each side to midlobe base; midlobe yellow with crinkled edges and up to 2 basal calli, on each side. Lateral petals pointed, sickle-shaped, sepals obtuse, or slightly pointed.

Flowering: November to December.

Habitat: lowland to montane in well lit native forest, manuka scrub and exotic pine.

Conservation: scattered; not threatened.

Notes: Often occurs with C. chlorostyla but flowers slightly earlier. The midlobe can sometimes have extra calli in 2-3 to distinct parallel rows.

Key features: pale colour, green column top and extra calli on the labellum, alongside to main rows between the labellum wings.