Plants 40-100(-160) mm high. Corm obconic, ± 3 mm diam.; tunics woody, soon breaking into elliptic segments tapering above into short points. Stem unbranched. Leaves 4 or 5, lower 3 or 4 basal and longest, ± as long as spike, falcate to suberect, firm, 2-4(-5) mm wide, main vein and margins lightly raised, hyaline when dry, uppermost leaf inserted in ± middle of stem, partly or rarely entirely sheathing. Spike 1-to 4(5)-flowered, ± straight; bracts 9-13 mm long, green, inner 2-lobed at tip. Flowers diurnal, rotate, pale pink, cream-coloured in mouth of tube, outer tepals pale greenish with darker green veins outside; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 7-9 mm long; tepals spreading horizontally, elliptic, 7-8 x ± 3.5 mm, acute. Filaments ascending, 1.8-2.0 mm long; anthers ascending, 2.2-4.0 mm long, white; pollen white. Style dividing below mouth of tube, branches suberect, reaching to between the base and middle of anthers, ± 6 mm long. Capsules ellipsoid, 8-12 mm long. Seeds angular-prismatic, reddish brown, ± 1.3 x 1 mm, with membranous ridges at angles.
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Cormous geophyte, up to 160 mm high. Leaves 4 or 5, lower 3 or 4 basal; blade 2-4 mm wide, firm; midrib and margins slightly raised. Flowers: 1-4 in a spike; anthers 2.5-4.0 mm long; pollen white; style branches ± 6 mm long; perianth with tube 7-9 mm long, segments 7-8 mm long and pale pink, outer ones pale greenish towards base, with darker green longitudinal veins; Feb., Mar.
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