Epipogium Gmelin ex Borkhausen
Habit: saprophytic herbs
Tuber: present
Stem: without leaf, noded, with scalelike sheath or roots
Inflorescence: type: raceme
Inflorescence: position: terminal or subterminal
Flower: other characteristics: pendulous
Sepal: free or similar
Petal: similar to sepals, free
Labellum: with sac or spur or auricles at base, 3-lobed, with longitudinal ridges or keels, not lobed
Column: without column foot
Pollinia: number: 2
Pollinia: other characteristics: granular-farinaceous, with caudicle or viscidium