Plant: 40-60 mm tall. Leaf sessile 30-35mm long, oblong often with a short pointed tip. The flower held well clear of the leaf on a long, slender ovary.

Flowers: dorsal sepal extending well beyond labellum flecked in deep maroon. Labellum maroon outside, midlobe broadly trapezoidal, typically green with the upper edges of the labellum wings blotched maroon; normally covered in short hairs or raised tubercles. Tip blunt with a short point and often incurled. Labellum floor more or less horizontal.

Flowering: September to November.

Habitat: wet shady seepages, stream banks with good light; wet shady road cuttings. Whangarei south to Nelson and the West coast.

Conservation: common. Not threatened.

Notes: often shares habitat with in areas where these grow.

Key features: hairy midlobe, flower well above leaf on a long slender ovary and forward pointing auricles.