Slender, tuberous geophyte up to 16cm. Leaves two, fleshy, pressed flat on the ground, with short hairs on margins only, up to 20mm broad, sometimes withered at flowering; flowering stem without bracts and with short, slightly deflexed hairs; inflorescence condensed, 3-18 flowered; green sepals and white petals and lip; anther compartments bright pink-mauve or purple; sepals without hairs; lip 3-7 lobed; spur straight.

After: Johannes L. L. Mund (1791-1831), Prussian pharmacist, botanist and plant collector in South Africa.