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Description:
Plants 450–1 350 mm high, solitary or several stems together forming small tufts. Corm ± 15–30 mm diam. Stem with lowermost peduncle 45–180 mm long. Foliage leaves several to many, 300–900 × 2.5–6.0(–9) mm; reduced sheathing leaves 3 or 4. Spikes pendulous, terminal 4–11-flowered, laterals (1)4–8, each 2–10-flowered; bracts lanceolate to oblong-obovate, acute to acuminate, 10–25 × 5–8 mm, rarely up to 2 internodes long, usually lightly to heavily flecked all over or with white margins shoulders, secondary veins 4 to 6 each side of main vein. Flowers funnel-shaped, pale to dark pink or rarely almost white; perianth tube 5–8(–9) mm long; tepals (10–)13–20(–25) × 5–11 mm. Anthers (5–)5.5–8.0 mm long. Stigmas held 2.5–15 mm below top of perianth. Flowering time: (June) September to December (April).
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