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Description:
Plants (250–)350–500 mm high. Corm sub-globose, 20–50 mm diam.; tunics coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple. Leaves 2 to 4, lower 2 basal, reaching to base or middle of spike, linear to lanceolate, 3–15 mm wide, midrib and margins strongly thickened and hyaline, remaining leaves partly or entirely sheathing and grading into bract leaves; bract-like cauline leaves 1 or more, overlapping. Spike up to 25-flowered; bracts dry and brown, (20–)24–32 mm long, wide and clasping below, inner ± 2/3 as long and concealed, deeply forked apically for 3 mm or more. Flowers zygomorphic, dark red with darker median streak in basal half of lower tepals; perianth tube with lower part ± 20 mm long, included in bracts, upper part ascending to horizontal and sub-cylindric, (20–)25–30 mm long, ± 5 mm diam. at mouth; tepals spreading, lanceolate, 20–22 × 7–8 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 25–35 mm long, exserted 5–7 mm from tube; anthers ± 9 mm long, violet. Style arching over stamens, dividing near anther apices, branches ± 5 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown. Flowering time: November to January.
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