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Description:
Plants 100–300(–450) mm high. Corm sub-globose, ± 15 mm diam.; tunics finely netted. Stem usually simple or occasionallywith 1 or 2 branches. Leaves 2 to 4, lower 2 or 3 basal, uppermost partly sheathing stem, reaching ± base of spike, linear to narrowly lanceolate, (2–)3–5 mm wide, margins lightly thickened and purplish; bract-like cauline leaves 1 or 2. Spike (3)6 to 12-flowered; bracts dry and brown in upper half, 8–14 mm long, inner slightly shorter forked apically for ± 2 mm. Flowers zygomorphic, orange-red, lower tepals with darker median streak; perianth tube with lower part 8–10 mm long, upper part ascending, sub-cylindric, 9–10 mm long, ± 3 mm diam. at mouth; tepals oblanceolate, 13–15 × 5–7 mm, all widely spreading. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 15–16 mm long, exserted ± 5 mm from tube; anthers ± 5 mm long, violet. Style arching over stamens, dividing near apex of anthers, branches ± 3.5 mm long. Capsules obovoid-truncate, ± 7 mm long. Seeds unknown. Flowering time: mid November to mid December.
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