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Description:
Plants 700–1 500 mm high. Corm sub-globose, 40–60 mm diam.; tunics coarsely netted. Stem erect, usually simple. Leaves 4 to 6, lower 3 or more basal, 1/2–2/3 as long as stem, lanceolate, (30–)50–90 mm wide, bright glossy green, midrib hardly and margins lightly thickened and hyaline, uppermost leaf partly or entirely sheathing; bract-like cauline leaves several, decreasing in size above. Spike 15 to 25-flowered; bracts becoming dry and brown above, 15–30 long, clasping stem in lower 1/2, inner 2/3 to ± as long, forked apically for up to 2 mm. Flowers zygomorphic, dull red to maroon; perianth tube with lower part 15–25 mm long, emerging from bracts, upper part horizontal and nearly cylindric, 18–20(–24) mm long, 5–6 mm diam. in middle; tepals spreading outward, lanceolate, 20–30 × 4.5–8.0 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 28–35 mm long, exserted up to 10 mm from tube; anthers 7–10 mm long, dark violet. Style arching over stamens, dividing near or just beyond anther apices, branches 6–8 mm long. Capsules oblong-fusiform, 14–20 mm long. Seeds angular, up to 4 × 2 mm. Flowering time: December to February.
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