Plants 38-55 cm. high.. Corm 1.8-2 cm. in diameter, the tunics membranous, becoming irregularly broken with age.. Leaves 6-7, the lower 3-4 basal and longest, usually exceeding the spike by 5-15 cm., the blades linear, 2-4(-6) mm. wide, the midrib and margins moderately thickened, the upper (1-)2-3 leaves short and largely to entirely sheathing, usually without blades.. Stem erect, unbranched, 2-3 mm. in diameter at the base of the spike.. Spike 5-10-flowered, straight and erect; bracts green below, dry and brownish above, 2.5-3(-4) cm. long, the inner ± 2/3 as long as the outer.. Flowers pale to deep pink, pale in the throat and toward the bases of the lower tepals; perianth-tube ± 1.5 cm. long, obliquely funnel-shaped; tepals apparently nearly equal or the dorsal slightly larger, ± 2.4-3.2 × 1.5 cm., the lower 3 tepals ± 2.4-3 × 1.3 cm.. Filaments 1.2-1.5 cm. long, exserted ± 5 mm. from the tube; anthers 8-10 mm. long.. Style arching over the stamens, dividing near the anther-apices, the branches ± 4 mm. long.. Capsules unknown.
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