Bulb ovoid, ca. 2.5 cm in diam.; scales white, ovate or lanceolate-ovate. Stem to 60 cm, tinged purple, densely papillose. Leaves scattered, mostly in middle and distal parts of stem, linear, 5.5--7 cm × 2--4 mm. Flowers several (usually 5) in a raceme, nodding, fragrant. Tepals purple-red or reddish brown, unspotted, oblong, slightly narrowed basally, 3.5--3.8 × 1--1.3 cm; nectaries papillose and with cristate projections on both surfaces. Filaments ca. 2 cm, glabrous; anthers light brown, with orange pollen. Ovary cylindric, ca. 1 cm × 4 mm. Style ca. 1.3 cm. Capsule oblong, 2--2.5 × 1.5--2 cm. Fl. Jul, fr. Sep.
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