Cryptostylis erecta

Leaves 1–several; petioles 1–10 cm long; blades narrowly elliptic, 3–18 cm long, 4–18 mm wide, green on upper surface, reddish-purple beneath, apex acute, base tapering. Flowering stem 10–45 cm tall, sheathing bracts 2 or 3, distant. Flowers 3–12, sessile; sepals and petals greenish, spreading, margins inrolled; sepals linear, acute, c.3 cm long; petals c. 1 cm long. Labellum greenish with bold purplish markings, bonnet-shaped, 20–30 mm long, with marked constriction towards base, very broadly ovate, more or less obtuse, the base horizontal and enclosing column, the broad upper part with a network of conspicuous purplish veins arising from purplish base; inner surface with narrow longitudinal green plate of callus and a few irregular dark purple spots. Flowers Dec.–Apr.