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Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.30-1.05 m high; stems form clumps; corm 10-20 mm in diam. Leaves linear, acute; venation pronounced; radical leaves, 300-650 x 3.5-6.5 mm, reduced sheathing leaves 3 or 4. Flowering stem 0.30-1.05 m high. Bract red-brown between veins and along midline, with whitish margins, 13-20 x 6-12 mm, obtuse to acute. Inflorescence a raceme of spikes, pendulous or suberect, with 2-5 branches. Perianth pink or red, with shades of mauve, 19-29 mm long; tube 5-7 mm long; tepals 13-20 x 5-8 mm. Anthers 5.0-6.5 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Feb.
Cormous herb, up to 1 m high; plants in large clumps. Leaves with blade up to 650 x 3-6 mm. Flowers: inflorescences pendulous, 2-4 branches with 2-5-flowered; bracts solid dark or red-brown, shoulders broad, 13-20 x 6-12 mm, white or heavily flecked, 5 main veins each side; stigmas 7-12 mm below top of perianth; perianth 19-29 mm long, tube 5-7 mm, segments 13-20 x 5-8 mm, light to dark rose-pink, coral-coloured or red, sometimes purple pink; Nov.-Feb.
