11.7-18 cm. long, 1.4—2.1 em. wide, with the mid-nerve 
suleate above and prominently exserted beneath. Inflo- 
rescence basal, suberect, very loosely 2- to 3-flowered 
above, shorter than the leaf or rarely (including the ter- 
minal flower) subequaling the leaf; peduncle slender, 
about 6.5-15 cm. long, with three close tubular sepa- 
rated sheaths; floral bracts closely clasping and much 
shorter than the pedicellate ovary, apparently ovate- 
oblong when expanded. Pedicellate ovary up to 4.5 cm. 
long. Flowers rather small for the genus, campanulate, 
white with orange on the throat of the lip. Sepals rather 
fleshy, longitudinally concave. Dorsal sepal linear or 
lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 5- or 6-nerved, about 2.6— 
3.2 cm. long and 4 mm. wide when expanded. Lateral 
sepals free, obliquely linear or lanceolate-linear, lightly 
decurved, long-acuminate with a conduplicate apex, 3- 
to 5-nerved, about 2.6-3.3 cm. long and 3 mm. wide 
when expanded. Petals obliquely lanceolate-linear, more 
or less lightly decurved, acuminate with a subcondupli- 
cate apex, 8-nerved (5-nerved near the base), about 2.5- 
3.1 cm. long and 3.5-4 mm. wide. Lip slightly shorter 
than the sepals with the lower portion convolute around 
the column in natural position, oblong-obovate, broadly 
rounded in front, lightly contracted on each side above 
the middle, cuneate below, with the central line below 
adnate to the lower half of the column, about 2.5—2.8 
em. long and 1.6-1.8 cm. wide near the apex when ex- 
panded; disc with a short more or less distinct fleshy 
keel below the middle. Column short, stout, slightly 
dilated upward, terminating in an upright somewhat 
bilobed denticulate clinandrium, about 9 mm. high at 
the back. 
This species is allied to Vvrichopilia juninensis C. 
Schweinf., but differs in having smaller flowers, free lat- 
eral sepals and a simple lip which lacks the lateral keels 
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