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Scaphochlamys Baker Fl. Brit. md. 6: 252 (1892); Holttum, Gard.
Bull. Singapore 13: 82 (1950); R.M. Sm., Notes R. Bot. Gard.
Edinb. 44: 207-210. 1987.       Low herbs; rhizome creeping.
Leaf blade asymmetric, often purple on lower side. Inflorescence
congested or lax, from ovoid to elongate, terminal, arising in
the center of a tuft of few, radical leaves; bracts densely
imbricate or spaced along the axis, usually each subtending
several flowers; bracteole open to the base and entire; flowers
white with red or yellow marks; calyx tubular, split down 1
side; corolla funnel-shaped, tube narrow, much longer than the
bracts; lateral staminodes broader than petals, petaloid,
spreading; labellum conspicuous and pendulous, spathulate to
obovate, 2-lobed or entire; filament broad, short, anther crest
3-lobed or entire, thecae with very short basal spurs; ovary
1-locular. Capsule subglobose, dehiscence unknown; seeds with
white, lacerate aril. 2n = 26, 2