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Description:
Plants 150–200 mm high. Corm 9–12 mm diam.; tunics of light brown, netted fibers. Stem erect, simple or 1-branched, usually consisting of only 2 internodes, with long-attenuate sheathing leaves stem 25–40 mm long, dry and brown above. Foliage leaf solitary, basal, linear, channelled, margins ciliate-hairy, 4–8 mm widest, usually erect, slightly longer to twice as long as stem. Rhipidial spathes long-attenuate, brown above, inner 45–65 mm long, outer + half as long. Flowers dull creamy white, red-brown on reverse of outer tepals, spotted dark brown or blue toward base of outer tepal limbs on yellow background, tepals claws brown; outer tepals 20–24 mm long, claw 5–7 mm, bearded, limbs spreading, 17–25 mm wide; inner tepals 9–15 mm long, 3-lobed, inner lobe longest, acute, straight or twisted, lateral lobes short, obtuse, yellow, speckled brown. Filaments + 5 mm long, united in a smooth columns, free in upper 0.5 mm; anthers + 4 mm long, purple-brown; pollen orange. Ovary 10–14 mm long; style 5 mm, branches + as long as anthers, crests + 4 mm long, dull orange. Capsules oblong, 25–35 mm long, somewhat inflated. Seeds unknown. Chromosome number 2n = 12. Flowering time: mid-August to late September.
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