Raceme of few to many fls; pedicels short to long; floral bracts scarious. Per. sts glandular-hairy; labellum adaxial in bud but ± twisted away from that position as fl. matures; sepals free, ± similar; petals only slightly smaller, partly covered by dorsal sepal to form hood over column. Labellum as long as petals, erect, broad, concave, ± saccate near broad base, contracted towards tip. Column erect, shorter than labellum; anther erect, pollinia sectile; stigma deeply concave. Plants terrestrial, non-green; rhizome elongated, branched. Flowering stem erect, unbranched, bearing loosely sheathing scales. Obscure genus of few spp. and uncertain limits, recorded from Himalayas, N. Africa, Formosa and Japan.