Geissorhiza monticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 100-160 mm high. Corm globose, asymmetric with oblique, flattened side, ± 10 mm diam.; tunics concentric, dark brown, fragmenting into vertical sections. Stem filiform, flexuose, with up to four branches from axils of cauline leaves. Leaves 4 to 7, soft-textured, lower 2 or 3 basal and ± half as long as stem, spreading to prostrate, linear to falcate, plane with slightly thickened and raised main vein, 2-3 mm wide, upper leaves cauline, progressively decreasing in size, partly to entirely sheathing. Spike 1-flowered on main axis and branches; bracts green, soft, flushed purple, margins membranous, ± transparent, 8-10 mm long, inner slightly shorter. Flowers zygomorphic, nodding with tepals held vertically, blue-mauve with greenish cream-coloured throat edged with dark blue; perianth tube funnel-shaped, slightly curved, ± 3 mm long; tepals narrowly oblong, obtuse, spreading at right angles to tube, 14-18 x 4.0-5.5 mm, inner slightly narrower than outer. Filaments unilateral, declinate, 7-9 mm long, exserted 7-8 mm; anthers 3-4 mm long, dull pink. Style dividing near apex of anthers, branches 3-4 mm long.