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Description:
Plants 380–550 mm high. Corm 18–20 mm diam.; tunics membranous, becoming irregularly broken with age. Leaves 6 or 7, lower 3 or 4 basal and longest, usually exceeding spike by 50–150 mm, blades linear, 2–4(–6) mm wide, main vein and margins moderately thickened, upper (1–)2–3 leaves short and largely to entirely sheathing, usually without blades. Stem erect, unbranched, 2–3 mm diam. at spike basse. Spike 5- to 10-flowered, straight and erect; bracts green below, dry and brownish above, 25–30(–40) mm long, inner about 2/3 as long as outer. Flowers pale to deep pink, pale in throat and toward bases of lower tepals; perianth tube c. 15 mm long, obliquely funnel-shaped; tepals apparently nearly equal or dorsal slightly larger, 24–32 x c. 15 mm, lower 3 tepals 24–30 x c. 13 mm. Filaments 12–15 mm long, exserted c. 5 mm from tube; anthers 8–10 mm long. Ovary oblong, c. 5 mm long; style arching over stamens, dividing near anther apices, branches c. 4 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown. Flowering time: September and October.
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