Ixia stohriae L.Bolus

Plants 180-400 mm high. Corm globose, 9-12 mm diam. bearing small cormlets at base; tunics of fine, netted fibres. Stem usually 1-to 3-branched, or simple, branches subtended by pale, membranous, darkly keeled bracts and prophylls 2-4 mm long. Leaves (4)5 or 6(-8), lower with well-developed blades grading partly to almost entirely sheathing above, blades narrowly sword-shaped to sublinear, usually reaching to ± base of spike, (2-)3-5(-6) mm wide, relatively firm-textured, main vein slightly raised, when dry a pair of secondary veins evident. Spike 5-to 10-flowered; bracts membranous, pale and translucent, ± 5 mm long, outer 3-veined and shortly 3-toothed, inner 2-veined and 2-toothed, slightly shorter than outer. Flowers pale pink, dark pink on reverse of tepals, tube dark red-purple outside, unscented; perianth tube widening very gradually from base to apex, (12-)14-22 mm long; tepals subequal, ovate, 12-14 mm long, spreading at right angles to tube. Filaments 1.5-3.0 mm long, inserted 2-4 mm below mouth of tube, included or exserted up to 1 mm; anthers 2-3 mm long, exserted or partly to entirely included in tube, yellow; pollen yellow. Style dividing 0.5-1.0 mm below anther bases, branches 1.0-2.3 mm long, tips reaching at least to anther bases, rarely shortly exceeding anther tips.