Planta unica visa, glabra, 9 cm alta, 22 cm diam., caule basi 7 mm diam.; rami patentes vel adscendentes, rigidi, internodiis 1-1.5 cm longis, 1-4 mm diam.; ramuli hornotini saepe dense 8-10-foliati, vel internodiis ad 1 cm elongatis; folia adscendentia vel patentia, supra plana, carinata, lateribus convexis vel altero piano, lat. visa obtusa vel oblique truncata, prope medium latissima, interdum subfalcata, levia viridia, ad 7 mm longa, vagina 1 mm longa, 2-3 mm lata, ad 4 mm diam.; flores solitarii diurni, in camera per noctem expansi, pedunculo 2-3 mm longo, in bracteis incluso; receptaculum obconicum, 4 mm longum, ad 5 mm diam.; sepala subaequalia, ad 4 mm longa, 3 membranaceo marginata; petala pulchre rosea, exteriora 3-seriata, parum inaequilonga, e supra medium inferne gradatim angustata, obtusa, interiora apicem versus recurvata setaceaque, angustissima, in staminodia abeuntia, ad 7 mm longa; staminodia ad stamina conice conferta eaque bene excedentia, superne recurvata vel demum spiraliter torta, rosea; filamenta 4-seriata, rosea, extima obscure, intima parum supra basim copiose longe papillata, antheris luteis; discus pentagonus, angulis rotundatis; ovarii lobi fere ad 1 mm. elevati, obtusi approximati; stigmata 5 (capsula senecta 7-locularis), subulata, sat crassa, grosse papillata, 4.5 mm longa cum cauda 0.5 mm.
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