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Description
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Plants 60–150 mm high. Corm ± ovoid, asymmetric, obliquely flattened below; tunics brown, concentric, drawn into points above. Stem often prostrate for a short distance at base, erect above, rarely branched. Leaves 2 or 3, lower 2 basal, prostrate or inclined, much shorter than stem (10–)15–30(–60) mm long, 5–12(–14) mm wide, ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, sometimes ciliate-pubescent on veins (rarely throughout), frequently minutely brown-pellucid dotted, margins thickened, usually ciliate, often reddish, uppermost inserted on upper part of stem, often entirely sheathing. Spike (1–)2–6-flowered; bracts firm, often brown dotted, 7–10(–12) mm long, inner slightly shorter than outer. Flowers actinomorphic, salver-shaped, white or pale pink above with red marks at tepal bases, dark red (to brown) outside; perianth tube cylindric, 10–18(–30) mm long, well exserted from bracts; tepals spreading, ± elliptic, (7–)10–13 × (3.5–)5–7 mm. Filaments erect, equal, 5–7 mm long; anthers 2–4 mm long, white; pollen white. Style dividing at or near apex of anthers, branches 1.5–2.5 mm long. Capsules globose, 6–8 mm long. Chromosome number 2n = 26. Flowering time: (late July) August to October.
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