Semigeophyte with moniliform rhizome, stem conspicuously bracteate. Leaves round and shallowly incised, silky hairy, often with reddish zonal marking, ± 5 cm diam. Flowers 2-5 on stout peduncle, 40-50 mm diam., white to cream-coloured, subsessile, stamens exserted; hypanthium to 70 mm long.