Cormous geophyte, 100-150 mm tall, corm rounded at base, with curved acuminate teeth. Leaves 2-4, narrowly 4-grooved. Flowers enclosed by reddish bracts with broad, brown-flecked membranous margins and tip, deep yellow with distal third of tepal limbs apricot-yellow, tepals subequal; fruiting peduncles coiled. Late Aug to early Sept.