Plant 20-34 cm tall. Basal leaf 1. Scape unbranched; bracts usually 3; lowest bract relatively short, broad, obtuse, sheathing; upper 2 bracts smaller, 5-10 mm long, opposite, subopposite or up to 1 cm apart, ±acute, not sheathing, pink or pinkish green. Inflorescence of 1 terminal flower, 30-65 mm above uppermost bract. Buds pink. Tepals at anthesis not distinctly clawed, pale pink, with a deeper pink abaxial mid-stripe; nectaries absent. Anthers 3.5-4.5 mm long, yellow. Capsule not thickened on angles.