2a compact and cool-growing Brassia relative, this species has dark green strap-shaped leaves up to 10` in length that emerge from 2` pseudobulbs; the 1` tubular flowers are densely borne on multiple, 10` spikes of up to 10 flowers each, and are a startling bright orange-red with pointed, flared tips on the sepals and petals, giving them a slightly starry appearance.