Tuberous, perennial herb. Tubers ellipsoidal, 3–4 cm long, sessile. Leaves c. 6–10, c. 12–35 cm long, 1.5–2 mm wide. Inflorescence racemose to paniculately 3-branched, 25–62 cm long; sterile bracts 1 or 2, narrowly lanceolate, c. 5 mm long. Flowers 1 per node, secund; pedicels nodding, 8–12 mm long, articulated 1.5–2 mm from flower; bracts scarious, 4–5 mm long. Perianth segments c. 9–10 mm long. Sepals broadly elliptic, c. 2 mm wide; mucro 0.5–1 mm long. Petals elliptic, c. 4 mm wide; margin undulate. Anthers c. 4–5 mm long, pale purple; appendages 2, c. 1 mm long, dark purple; filaments 1.5–2 mm long, geniculate. Ovary c. 1–1.5 mm long, 1 mm diam.; style c. 5.5 mm long. Capsule ± spherical, c. 3 mm diam.; perianth deciduous. Seeds not seen.
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