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Description:
Plants (180–)250–450 mm high. Corm depressed-globose; tunics of pale, fine fibres. Stem simple or more often 1- or 2-, rarely 3-branched, branches subtended by pale, membranous, attenuate bracts and prophylls 3–5 mm long Leaves mostly 4–8, ± sword-shaped to lanceolate, usually reaching to ±base of spike, 5–15 mm wide, firm-textured; margins moderately to heavily thickened, sometimes crisped. Spike densely 7–12-flowered, branches, when present, with fewer flowers; bracts pale and ± translucent, often flushed pink distally, outer with a single prominent vein and 1- or obscurely 3-toothed, inner forked at tips, 2-toothed, ± as long or slightly longer than outer. Flowers salver-shaped, ± suberect to almost horizontal, pale to deep pink (except for rare white sports), darker pink at tepal bases, pale green to yellow in mouth of tube, unscented; perianth tube slender, widening slightly near mouth, (10–)12–33(–35) mm long, 3–4 mm wide at mouth; tepals subequal, spreading horizontally, 16–22 × 7–11 mm, inner narrower than outer. Filaments 5–10 mm long, inserted 2–3 mm below mouth of perianth tube, thus exserted 3–7 mm; anthers 4–6 mm long, yellow. Style mostly dividing opposite top of filaments or lower to middle third of anthers, rarely shortly beyond anther tips, branches 3–5 mm long. Flowering time: mid-September to late October.
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