Plants 11–34 cm at flowering, 13–57 cm at senescence. Corms globose to elongate, rarely forked, 13–26 mm. Leaves closely appressed to inflorescence at flowering; blade linear, 7–22 cm × 2–5.5 mm, later elongating to 12–54 cm. Inflorescences green or slightly purple at base, rarely entirely purple, becoming entirely green after flowering, 11–34 cm, later elongating to 13–57 cm; floral bracts 2–4.5 mm. Flowers 1–12, less than 1 cm apart, opening nearly simultaneously, magenta, pink, or rarely white, without fragrance; dorsal sepal obovate to oblanceolate, 12–20 × 4–9 mm, apex acuminate; lateral sepals distally reflexed to straight, ovate to moderately lanceolate, weakly falcate to straight, 11–16 × 5–9 mm, apex apiculate to acuminate; petals obpandurate, 11–16 × 4–6 mm, apex obtuse; lip 7–13.5 mm, dilated apex of middle lobe triangular to quadrangular, broadly rounded, 7–11 mm wide, apex retuse or apiculate; column 6–9 × 1.5–2 mm, distal end 5–8 mm wide; rostellum present. Capsules ovoid to ellipsoid, 12–17 × 4.5–6 mm. 2n = 40, 42.
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