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Description:
Plants 100–270 mm high, stem unbranched. Corm ovoid, ± 6 mm diam.; tunics woody, concentric. Stem unbranched, ?smooth. Leaves 4, lower 2 basal, linear-oblong, blades ± 2 mm wide, margins and main vein lightly thickened and sparsely long-hairy in lower 1/2, third leaf largely sheathing with short free apex, uppermost leaf entirely sheathing, partly membranous, 8–22 mm long, inserted shortly below spike. Spike 1–3-flowered; bracts 10–14 mm long, green or flushed purple, margins and apices membranous. Flowers mauve, diurnal; perianth tube cylindric below, expanded near apex, 8–9 mm long; tepals subequal, elliptic, 13–14 × 4–5 mm, spreading at right-angles to tube. Filaments ± 3 mm long; anthers 5.5–6.0 mm long, yellow; pollen yellow. Style branches ± 7 mm long, reaching upper 1/3 of anthers in bud, spreading when mature. Flowering time: late September to early October.
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