Highly caespitose, often in clusters of 50 or more bodies; Leaves wholly fused, leaf-pair strongly concave, blue-green, densely spotted top 12-25 mm diameter, 10 mm tall; drying to a leather-like, brittle, dark-brown on the sides and raised edge but off-white and spotted on the upper surface; Flowers diurnal appearing in early autumn, breaking through the resting sheath, 25-30 petals slightly recurved, purple (RHS 78A) on first opening, going to white in the centre, fading with age to a lighter purple (RHS78B), in 1-2 series, stamens pale yellow; Fruit shallow, soft, rust-coloured.
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