There are between two and sixteen resupinate cream-coloured, yellowish or pinkish flowers 10–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) long with an unusually swollen ovary.

[2][3][4][5][6] This ghost orchid was first described in 1857 by David Don who gave it the name Limodorum roseum and published the description in Prodromus florae Nepalensis.

[7][8] In 1857, John Lindley changed the name to Epipogium roseum in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.

[10] Epipogium roseum grows in high rainfall habitats, especially rainforest, on decaying wood.

It is found in many countries including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, tropical Africa, New Guinea, Australia and some Pacific islands including the Solomon Islands.