Cormous geophyte, up to ± 100 mm tall, neck coarsely fibrous. Leaves dry or emerging at flowering, narrowly lanceolate, pleated, ribs fringed. Flowers yellow, sweetly scented, tepals slightly spreading near base, otherwise outspread, inserted on a 10-30 mm long neck leading to a mostly subterranean ovary, anthers spreading, tipped with fleshy, sterile appendages.
Cormous geophyte to 10cm, with a fibrous neck. Leaves 3, dry or emergent at flowering, lanceolate, pleated with fringed ribs. Flower yellow, sweetly scented, anthers tipped with elongate, fleshy appendages, ovary mostly subterranean, with a beak 10-30 mm long.