Platycoryne mediocris Summerh.

Slender terrestrial, 20 - 50 cm tall. Leaves 6-10, spaced along the stem, lowermost sheath-like, others spreading, narrowly lanceolate, up to 6 × 1 cm; upper leaves bract-like. Inflorescence compact 2-7 flowers, orange including the ovaries. Dorsal sepal erect, 7-11 mm long, convex, forming a hood with the petals. Lip 3-lobed with 2 small tooth-like lobes near the base. entire, deflexed, 6.5-10 mm long. Spur 9-17 mm, swollen near the apex, usually tucked into the bract.

Burundi, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimabwe.