Plants acaulescent, with leaves in a basal rosette which is about 7 cm diam., proliferous from the base and forming clusters. Leaves about 45, the young erect, ± incurved, the old ascending to recurved, about 43 mm long, about 16 mm broad, up to 5 mm thick, oblong, acute, reddish-brown; upper surface concave below, flat to convex and ± turgid near the tip, the pellucid part about 8 mm long, with about 5 red inconspicuously reticulate lines one reaching the tip, light green below becoming dark-red above, shining, smooth; lower surface convex, the pellucid area longer than that of the upper side, with about 11 indistinctly reticulate lines, pale green below, becoming dark red above, shining, smooth; keel 1, in the upper quarter, obtuse, centrally positioned, with 0.5 mm long pellucid teeth; margins acute from the base of the leaf to about the middle, rounded above, often with two rows of teeth (not a second keel) these are about 0.75 mm long, becoming minute below, pellucid, and deflexed; end-awn 5 to 6 mm long, sparsely denticulate, persistent. Inflorescence about 26 cm tall; peduncle simple, terete, about mm diam., 20 cm long, bracteate; sterile bracts membranous, ovate, acuminate, about 6 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 6 cm long, lax, with about 13 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 2 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, 5 mm long, deltoid, acute, keeled with dark brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (longer than the pedicels); pedicels 1.5 mm long, 1 mm diam., green; perianth white with green keels to the segments, 16 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, tube more or less 4.5 mm across, constricted to 3 mm above, curved; segments free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments recurved, pinkish-white with pinkish-green veins, spreading; exterior part recurved, spreading, white with pink veins; stamens 6 of two lengths, 5 and 6 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 2.15 mm long, 1.25 mm diam., light green; style 1 mm long, white, curved, capitate.
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