Strumaria luteoloba Snijman

Deciduous, bulbous herb, 180-280 mm tall in flower. Bulb solitary, subglobose, ± 17.5 mm diam., tunics parchment-like, brown; neck of short, loose, dry, broken tunics. Leaves emerging shortly after flowering, 2 or 3(4), erect to slightly falcate, outermost sheathing at base, ± arranged in a single plane, 25-40 x 4-9 mm, oblong, glabrous, dark green, glaucous or shiny; apex ± obtuse; cataphyll unknown. Inflorescence 4-7-flowered, secund, drooping, slightly spreading, 30-40 mm across; scape ± straight, recurved near apex while flowering, 200-280 x 1.5-2.0 mm, glaucous, green, withering and collapsing after fruiting; spathe valves 2, narrowly lanceolate, 15-20 x 2-3 mm, papery, parchment-coloured, tinged with pink, spreading, persistent; bracteoles few, linear, up to 9 mm long; pedicels lax, straight to slightly curved, 8-25 x 1 mm, green. Perigone actinomorphic, narrow and rose-pink in lower half, ± 2.5 mm across, recurved and pale lemon-to cream-coloured above, nodding, becoming increasingly pink with age, heavily scented of fresh coriander; tepals 6, free to base, linear-oblong, 16-19 x 1.5-2.0 mm, narrowing to 1 mm at base, imbricate in lower half, strongly recurved and channelled in distal half, outer whorl curving backwards 2-4 mm before inner whorl. Stamens 6, well exserted, slightly spreading; filaments 22-25 mm long, free to base, free from style, outer and inner approximately equally long at anthesis; anthers dorsifixed, ± 3 mm long and maroon before opening; pollen whitish. Ovary ovoidal, ± 3 mm diam., trilocular with 4 or 5 ovules per locule; nectaries septal; style up to 28 mm long, slightly exceeding stamens, slender throughout; stigma trifid, inner surface papillate. Capsule unknown. Seeds unknown.