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Description:
Plants small 150–300 mm high. Corm ca. 10 mm diam.; tunics of fine, pale fibers. Stem unbranched, bearing 3(4) sheathing leaves, 50–80 mm long. Foliage leaf solitary, basal, channeled, appearing terete with margins tightly inrolled, to 3 mm wide and exceeding stem. Rhipidia solitary; spathes green with dry, brown tips, inner 50–80 mm long, outer only slightly shorter. Flowers pale yellow; outer tepals ca. 25 mm long, lanceolate, limb ca. 15 mm long, spreading; inner tepals erect, 15–20 mm long. Filaments 4 mm long, free in upper 1/2; anthers ca. 6 mm. Ovary ca. 14 mm long; style branches 8–9 mm long, crests 4–8 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown. Flowering time: September to October (also in April).
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