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Description:
Plants 400–600 mm high. Corm depressed-globose, 25–30 mm diam.; tunics finely to coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple or with up to short, ascending branches. Leaves 2 to 4, lower 1 or 2 basal, linear, 4–5 mm wide, midrib and margins moderately thickened and hyaline, others smaller and partly sheathing; bract-like cauline leaves 2 or more, distant in upper part of stem. Spike 7 to 20-flowered; bracts probably dry and brown, 12–15 mm long, acute, inner somewhat shorter, forked apically for 2–4 mm. Flowers zygomorphic, pale pink with dark streak in lower midline of each tepal; perianth tube with lower part 10–12 long, usually included in bracts, upper part funnel-shaped, 6–8 mm long; suberect below and spreading distally, oblanceolate, 16–20 × 7–9 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 9–14 mm long, exserted 2–4 mm from tube; anthers 8–9 mm long, yellow. Style arching over stamens, dividing near apex of anthers, branches ± 3.5 mm long. Capsules narrowly obovoid, 9–12 mm long. Seeds unknown. Flowering time: November to December.
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