Gladiolus juncifolius Goldblatt

Flowers pale-pink or purplish, the 2 lower lateral tepals each with a yellow transverse band across the lower part of the limb and darker-pink distally; perianth tube c. 9 mm long, curving outward between the bracts, widening gradually toward the mouth; tepals unequal, the uppermost c. 20 mm long, larger than the others and arched over the stamens, the upper lateral tepals smaller, directed forward and ultimately curving outwards, the 3 lower tepals horizontal or down-curved, joined for c. 3 mm, limbs fairly abruptly expanded in the upper half, the lowermost tepal c. 18 × c. 7 mm, the lower lateral tepals c. 15 × c. 3 mm.