[1] The species epithet, keekee, honours Hugh Shaw MacKee, a botanist who collected for over 30 years in New Caledonia.

[5] This is a tiny plant and when flowering is no greater than 1 cm high.

The rounded pseudobulbs are spaced on the rhizome.

Despite its tiny size, this plant can cover large areas.

[1] The plant lives at altitude, often on Araucarias.