Ancistrochilus rothschildianus is a small species of semi-terrestrial, orchid endemic to the African tropics.

[1] Ancistrochilus rothschildianus is a sympodial epiphytic plant with wide, conical or pyriform pseudobulbs that each carry two to three broad, acute, lanceolate leaves.

[4] A deciduous species from a region with a very pronounced dry season, A. rothschildianus goes into a state of abscission and loses leaves before it comes into flower.

[1][2][4][3] At the end or the dry season, the flowers appear from the base of the mature, leafless pseudobulb in a pubescent inflorescence.

After flowering until the appearance of a new lead, the potting medium should be allowed to get dry during so as to encourage the plant to go dormant as it does in the wild.