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Description:
Plants 200–450 mm high. Corm subglobose, 10–15 mm diam., with short or long stolons with solitary cormlet; tunics of fine-textured fibres. Stem suberect, unbranched or up to 3-branchedfrom near base or in lower 1/2. Leaves 4–8, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, suberect or sometimes spreading in a fan, ± 1/2 as long as to as long as stem, (50–)70–150(–200) × 4–8(–12) mm, acute to acuminate, main vein moderately thickened and submarginal vein evident ± 0.5 mm from edge, soft-textured, uppermost cauline leaf sheathing leaf-like or membranous and bract-like, shortly exserted or concealed by upper foliage leaf. Spike stiffly erect, moderately lax, subsecund, 6–15-flowered; bracts dry-membranous, translucent flushed brown and speckled in upper 1/2, 6–12(–15) mm long, acute or 3-toothed, inner ± as long or slightly shorter, shortly bifid. Flowers zygomorphic, orange-pink or salmon-pink yellow throat and yellow spot on lower tepals; perianth tube subcylindric widening distally and funnel-shaped, (18–)25–35(–40) mm long, lower cylindric part 20–25 mm long, widening above to 6–8 mm diam.; tepals unequal, oblaceolate to elliptic, dorsal larger and slightly hooded over anthers, upper laterals spreading and lower deflexed, (12–)15–22 × 6–9 mm, lower median tepal with a quadrate yellow callus 2–4 mm high near base and lower laterals with or without smaller calluses. Filaments unilateral, arcuate, 12–16 mm long, exserted up to 6 mm; anthers 6–7 mm long, often curved, mauve. Style dividing below or opposite middle of anthers, branches ± 4 mm long. Capsules ellipsoid, (8–)10–15 mm long, erect and appressed against axis. Flowering time: April to July (October).
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