Codonorhiza falcata (L.F.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants short and compact to fairly slender, seldom exceeding 100 mm, simple or with up to 3 branches from near base, stem terete. Corm ± 8 mm diam., broadly obconic, tunics dark brown to black, rugose, split longitudinally at base and apex. Leaves usually 2, lowermost basal, longest, falcate, ± plane with main vein slightly raised, ± leathery, mostly 5-8 mm wide; upper leaf much shorter. Inflorescence a spike, with up to 12 flowers in 2 ranks; bracts green with red margins, outer ± 6 mm long, inner 4-5 mm long. Flowers zygomorphic, pale pink to nearly white, lower 3 tepals each with dark pink to mauve or red spot in lower midline, unscented; perianth tube ± cylindric, 12-17 mm long, slightly wider in upper 3-4 mm; tepals ovate-oblong 7-8 x ± 3 mm. Filaments unilateral, ± erect, ± 6 mm long, exserted ± 3 mm; anthers ± 1.2 mm long, white; pollen white. Style erect, dividing shortly below apex of filaments, branches ± 2.3 mm long, deeply divided, spreading between anthers. Capsules top-shaped and 3-angled, 4-5 mm long. Seeds ovoid-orbicular, flattened at chalazal end, brown, ± 0.6-0.9 x 0.5 mm, reticulate, funicular collar up to 0.3 mm long.