Bulb oval or subglobose, subterranean, with a short neck, up to 10-15 cm tall and broad, covered with a dense membranous tunic. Leaves, absent at time of flowering, 2-6, spreading flat on ground, 30-45 cm long, 12 cm broad, rarely up to 19 cm, obtuse, thickish, with very short pubescence on upper surface, velvety when fresh, sometimes becoming slightly roughish on drying, closely veined. Peduncle red-green, 30-50 cm tall, compressed, 2-3 cm broad. Spathe-valves 2, deltoid, 10 cm long. Umbel 20-40-flowered, rarely up to 80-flowered, spreading into a spherical head in large plants. Pediceh 10-20 cm long, about 7 mm in diameter near the base, tapering slightly to apex, strongly 6-ribbed, strengthening in fruit. Perianth bright red or pink, 5.5-7 cm long, recurved from the 5 mm long tube; lobes linear-lanceolate, 5-6.5 cm long, and about 9 mm broad, recurving towards apex. Stamens shorter than the perianth, and filaments inserted in the throat of the perianth tube; anthers dark red, oblong, about 8 mm long, versatile. Style finally slightly longer than the filaments. Ovary 3-angled, 2-3 cm long, 1.5-2 cm broad; capsule prominently 3-angled, 4.5-9 cm long and up to 3 cm across the angles.
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Bulbous geophyte, 400-500 mm tall. Leaves usually 6, dry at flowering, prostate, upper surface rough. Flowers 20-40 in a dense, spherical head, red, tepals fused below for 2-5 mm, unequally rolled back. Capsules sharply 3-angled, heavily ribbed.
Bulbous geophyte, 40-50 cm. Leaves usually 6, dry at flowering, prostrate, oblong. Flowers 20-40, in a dense, spherical head, red, tube 2-5 mm long, tepals unequally rolled back. Capsules sharply 3-angled, heavily ribbed.
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