Plants growing in clumps. Leaf lanceolate, flat, 50–100 × 5–15 mm, leathery, dark green with reddish tints, several ridges prominent. Flower stem thick, pink-glaucous, 100–300 mm tall, 2–8-flowered. Sterile bracts 2. Flowers 14–20 mm across, internally pale blue to pinkish-blue, with 6–10 fine striations, externally lilac to brown. Sepals and petals 6–10 × 4–5 mm. Column 5–6 × 3–4 mm, pale pink; post-anther lobe 3–4 × 2–3 mm, brown and yellow or wholly yellow, tubular, hooded, ribbed or crinkled, apex flat or shallowly notched; column arms converging, 1.2–1.5 mm long, curved gently upwards; hair tufts mop-like, somewhat elongated, untidy, white, in front of column; hairs 1–1.5 mm long, tip thickened.
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