Orchids in the genus Corymborkis are terrestrial, evergreen herbs which often grow in clumps and have short rhizomes and thin, wiry stems.

One or more thin, unbranched stems arise from the same rhizome and have many papery, pleated, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves near their top half.

The labellum is about as long as the sepals, closely surrounds the column and has a tube-like base and two longitudinal ridges.

[5] Orchids in this genus are found in tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia, including on Christmas Island.

[2][5] The following is a list of species of Corymborkis recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at August 2018:[1]