Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.45-0.70 m high; stem solitary or few-tufted; corm 15-20 mm in diam. Leaves linear, acute; venation pronounced; radical leaves 300-600 x 1.54.0 mm; reduced sheathing leaves 3 or 4. Flowering stem 0.5-0.7 m high. Bract 13-20 x 6-9 mm, obovate-elliptic, acuminate, flecked, margins sometimes white. Inflorescence a raceme of spikes, pendulous, with 2-4(-6) branches. Perianth pale pink or mauve-pink to bright magenta-pink, 18-22 mm long; tube 5-8 mm long; tepals 10-16 x 4-6 mm. Anthers 5-7 mm long. Flowering time Oct., Nov.