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Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.45-0.85 m high, stems forming clumps; corm 20-37 mm in diam. Leaves linear, acuminate; venation pronounced; radical leaves 300-600 x 3.58.0 mm; reduced sheathing leaves 3 or 4. Flowering stem 0.45-0.85 m high. Bracts translucent, whitish to pale orange, lightly flecked, midline or upper part orange-brown, 14-20 x 4-6 mm, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate. Inflorescence a raceme of spikes, erect, with 4-8 dense branches. Perianth light to bright pink, 19-23 mm long; tube 5-6 mm long; tepals 14-18 x 4.5-7.0 mm. Flowering time Sept.-Feb.
Cormous herb, up to 0.85 m high. Leaves 300-600 mm long. Flowers: inflorescences erect or suberect; peduncle 0.45-0.85 m high; coflorescences 4-7-flowered; bracts 10-20 x 3-6 mm, translucent, whitish to orange-buff-coloured and slightly flecked all over, tip of each reaching to or beyond base of second bract above it; perianth 19-23 mm long, tube 5-6 mm long, light to deep pink; Sep., Oct.
