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Description:
Plants (80–)150–300(–500) mm high. Corm sub-globose, 15–20 mm diam.; tunics coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple or 1 or 2 short, ascending branches. Leaves 4 to 7, all basal or upper inserted on lower part of stem and partly sheathing, linear to lanceolate, 5–20 mm wide, midrib and margins lightly thickened and hyaline; bract-like cauline leaf 1. Spike 4 to 8(16)-flowered; bracts green, 12–20 mm long, inner ± as long, acute or minutely forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, rose pink with dark star-shaped marking in centre; perianth tube funnel-shaped, lower part 10–17 long, upper part flaring and nearly horizontal, 6–10 mm long, ± 6 mm diam. at mouth; tepals spreading, elliptic to obovate, 19–25 × 7–13 mm. Filaments unilateral and declinate, ± 12 mm long; anthers 7–8 mm long, dark purple. Style arching below stamens, usually dividing near base of anthers, branches ± 3 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown. Flowering time: mid October to mid November.
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