Sparaxis roxburghii (Baker) Goldblatt

Plants 280-450 mm high, stem often with 1(2) branches from aerial nodes. Corm 25-30 mm diam., tunics of fine, netted fibres, extending upward in collar around stem base. Leaves 7 to 9, all basal except uppermost, narrowly lanceolate, ± 1/2 as long as stem, 8-15 mm wide. Spike subsecund, mostly 5-to 7-flowered; bracts 15-20(-25) mm long, pale with brown streaks, margins lightly lacerate, outer with long central cusp, inner ± as long as outer, with 2 long cusps. Flowers zygomorphic, mauve to lilac, dorsal tepal darker than upper laterals, lower tepals yellow in lower 2/3, tipped purple; perianth tube 20-30 mm long, cylindric part 13-23 mm long, curved and expanding gradually distally, upper part funnel-shaped; tepals unequal, dorsal largest, lanceolate, 22-28 x 10-12 mm, upper laterals 18-20 x ± 8 mm, lower 3 smallest, joined for 6-7 mm, ± 13 mm x ± 5.5 mm. Stamens unilateral, arcuate; filaments 15-20 mm long; anthers 4-5 mm long; pollen yellow. Ovary ± 4 mm long; style dividing near anther bases, branches ± 4 mm long, spreading outward, filiform. Capsules ± globose, 5-6 x ± 5 mm. Seeds 3(4) per locule, size unknown.