This orchid is found across Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific, growing in swamps, montane forests, and dry lowland forests at elevations up to 1600 meters. It has small, clustered pseudobulbs with 3 to 4 leathery, linear leaves. Blooming in spring, summer, and fall, it produces a long, branched inflorescence up to 25 cm tall, bearing up to 200 flowers from the base.