Plants acaulescent with leaves in a basal rosette up to 60 mm diam., not (or slowly) proliferous. Leaves about 16, the young erect, the old spreading, up to 40 mm long, 14 mm broad at the base of the end-area, about 12 mm thick, oblong, acute to deltoid; face below end-area concave, smooth, yellow-green, not shining, with a few concolorous rounded tubercles at the base of the end-area; end-area up to 15 mm long, 14 mm broad, flat on the edges, concave in the middle, rough with numerous small round tubercles, and 5 to 7 brown longitudinal lines; back surface rounded, smooth, yellow-green; keel 1, obliquely positioned in the upper third; margins acute below, rounded above, toothed with 0.5 mm long white teeth which are present only near the end-area. Inflorescence about 26 cm tall; peduncle simple, terete, about 1 mm diam., 15 cm long, bracteate; sterile bracts membranous, ovate, about 3 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 11 cm long, lax, with about 14 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 3 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, 5 mm long, deltoid, acuminate, keeled with fine brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (longer than the pedicels); pedicels 4 mm long, 1 mm diam., green, erect; perianth white with fine dark brown keels to the segments, 11 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, curved, tube more or less 4 mm across, constricted to 2 mm above; segments free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments with lobes free, erect, pinkish-white with broad brown veins; exterior part recurved, pinkish-white with fine brown veins; stamens 6 of two lengths, 7 and 8 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 3 mm long, 2 mm diam., green; style white, 2 mm long, straight, capitate.
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Rosette acaulescent, 40-70 mm diam., up to 11 leaves. Stem up to 20 mm diam., non-proliferous. Leaves erect up to 30 mm long, 14 mm wide 10 mm thick with truncated, obtuse end-area; face slightly concave, brownish-green smooth unlined, pinkish tubercules above, truncated area and margins scabrid, opaque with up to 3 inconspicuous pinkish longitudinal lines; back convex, unlined, brownish-green, with apical pinkish tubercules, minutely keeled at apex margins acute, entire. Peduncle single, 1-1.5 mm diam., 250-450 mm long including raceme, greyish-brown; raceme 150-250 mm long, with 9-23 nearly secund flowers, 2-4 open at a time, petioles 3-5 mm long. Perianth greyish-green and white, 15 mm long, perigon rounded, upper-outer segments straight, inner-lower segments with involuted margins and recurved, tips flared, tube pale green, bud narrow, straight, slightly down-curved at tip.
Solitary. Leaves thumb-like, retracted to soil level, 25-30 x 12-15 mm, 10-15 mm thick, slightly scabrid with small raised tubercles, opaque, truncated flat end-area. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
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