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Description:
Plants 1.1–2.7 mm high, forming large clumps. Corm 35–40 mm diam. Stem with lowermost peduncle 45–100(–140) mm long. Foliage leaves many, 550–1 500 × 5–15 mm; reduced sheathing leaves ± 5. Spikes pendulous or sometimes suberect, terminal 7–16-flowered, laterals 6–11 or more by compounding, each 5–16-flowered; bracts elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, (13–)18–27 × 7–10 mm, ± 2 internodes long, white or very lightly flecked but appearing white, lateral veins 4 or 5 each side of main vein. Flowers funnel–bell-shaped, pale to deep pink or rarely dark wine-red; perianth tube (5–)8–10 mm long; tepals (12–)14–23 × (5–)6–10 mm. Anthers (7–)8–10 mm long. Stigmas held 2–10 mm below top of perianth. Flowering time: October to May.
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