Bulb subglobose, 5-20 cm diam., narrowing more or less gradually into a long neck. Leaves lorate, light green with a slight metallic sheen, flexuous, arcuate, somewhat undulate, the median 3-5 cm broad, new leaves in the centre few, margin with a very narrow cartilaginous border and obscurely to clearly ciliate with short cartilaginous hairs. Peduncle usually 20-55 cm long, 1-2 cm diam. Spathe-valves 6-8 cm long, 2-2.5 cm broad at the base, soon withering and re-flexing. Umbel 5-11-flowered. Pedicels 0-10 mm sometimes longer in fruiting specimen. Perianth with the cylindric tube 9-12 cm long; segments from pure white to delicate pink, drying to a deeper pink, sometimes keeled or striped with pale, to deep pink, in open flower suberect, slightly spreading, apical portion not recurved or only slightly so, 8-10 cm long, I, 3-3 cm broad in the middle, apical peak short, about 3 mm long. Stamens declinate, white turning pink in the upper half. Style crimson in the upper half, stigma 3-lobed, about 2 mm diam. Fruit not beaked, about 3.5 cm diam.; seeds reticulate.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.55 m high. Open flowers suberect. Median leaves up to 50 mm broad, measured shortly above base, flaccid, somewhat glaucous green. Flowers up to 18 cm an umbel. Stamens declinate. Flowers white to delicate pink to deeper pink.
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