Perennial herb. Tuber 20-30 mm in diameter and up to 15 mm thick. Stem mostly single except in robust plants where above-ground branching leads to 3-5 stems, upright, 20-40 mm long, up to 1.5 mm in diameter at the base, glabrous, green to reddish, internodes 3-10 mm apart. Leaves arranged on opposite sides of the stem, linear to ovate on different plants, 10-25 mm x 5-7 mm, dark green above, lighter below, glabrous. Petiole 3-5 mm long and 1 mm broad, glabrous. Flowers borne in pairs at the nodes, axillary, pointing downwards. Bracts 1.1 mm long, linear. Pedicels 7-10 mm long and 0.5 mm in diameter, glabrous. Calyx lobes 3 mm long, greenish-red, linear. Corolla 6-7 mm long, lobes 6-7 mm long and 2 mm at the base, tapering to 0.5 mm, joined to form a ‘cage’, white to cream at the base and reddish-brown at the tips, margins reflexed, glabrous on both surfaces; bulb 4-5 mm diameter, flat, margin reflexed, whitish. Corona 2 mm in diameter and 2 mm high, whitish with red spots, top of staminal column yellow; outer corona appendages white, forming the outer walls of the five nectar pouches and sets of erect lobes tipped with green, inside a few fine straight papillae face downwards; inner corona appendages lying on top of the staminal column and enclosing the backs of the anthers, extended to form small free lobules, also tipped green. Seed follicles 2, arranged in a sharp V, reddish-green 30-50 mm x 3 mm, surface smooth. Seed greyish 7 x 3 mm tufted with 15-20 mm long hairs, 10-20 seeds per follicle.
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