Trachoma speciosum, commonly known as the showy spectral orchid,[2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms clumps with many thick, cord-like roots, between four and eight thick, leathery leaves and many short-lived, cream-coloured flowers with an orange and white labellum.

A large number of short-lived, cream-coloured resupinate flowers, 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) long and wide are arranged on a club-shaped flowering stem 20–45 millimetres (0.79–1.8 in) long.

[2][3] Trachoma speciosum was first formally described in 1989 by David Jones, Bruce Gray, Mark Clements and Jeffrey Wood and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research.

[1][4] The specific epithet (speciosum) is a Latin word meaning "beautiful", "handsome", "splendid" or "showy".

[5] The showy spectral orchid grows on trees near the edges of rainforest, and on emergent hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) in drier rainforest.