Plant: 45–50mm tall with a rosettee of 3–4 elliptic bluish green leaves.

Flower medium sized to 20 mm tall. Petals and dorsal sepal quite bunt. Lateral sepals stout short. Labellum crimson brown, broad; stigma prominent, heart shaped.

Flowering: November to January.

Habitat: high rainfall montane and subalpine scrub and grassland. Central North Is to Westland.

Conservation: often common in scattered populations; not threatened.

Notes: similar to P. venosa and only readily distinguished by the heart-shaped stigma.

Key features: alpine habitat, very stout flower, heart-shaped stigma.