Plants (7.5-)11-30 cm tall. Leaves 3-6, sheathing proximally up to ca. 25 mm, often clasping in lower 1/3, suberect to arched distally, linear, 65-220 x (2-)5-9 mm, tapering evenly upwards, canaliculate for ca. 2/3 of length, ca. carinate distally, midrib obtuse abaxially, often dark green, sometimes flushed beetroot-red proximally, firm-textured, margin entire, occasionally reddish. Flower pale to deep orange, backed with reddish brown in outer whorl, restricted to median band in inner whorl; pedicel suberect, remaining so in fruit, subterete, 70-150 x 1-2 mm; tepals oblong-lanceolate, (10.5-)14-25 mm long, outer 4-7 mm wide, inner 3-5 mm wide. Stamens slightly spreading, subequal, orange; filaments 1.0-2.5 mm long, much shorter than anthers; anthers (5.5-)7.0-10.5 x 1.0-1.5 mm; pollen yellow. Ovary broadly obconical, 4-10 x 3-5 mm, style 2-3 mm long, tapering upwards; stigma branches erect to spreading, (2.5-)3.5-4.5 x 0.7-1.5 mm, shorter than stamens, orange, sometimes with basal lobes ca. 1 mm long. Capsule obconical, up to 10 x 8 mm. Seeds depressed ellipsoid, ca. 0.65 x 0.55 mm; testa brownish, of ca. 20, closely arranged, longitudinal rows of hump-like projections. Flowering period: September-early November.
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