Stem simple, 1-3-flowered, about 6 cm. Leaves appressed in the basal part, lanceolate, acute, to 6 mm. At the base of the flowers 3 ovate lanceolate, acute bracts. Perianth tube urceolate, ribbed, red-dish-brown in the upper part, yellowish-orange in the middle and white at the base, about 6 mm. Outer perianth lobes broad, short, rounded; inner ones connate to a thick, 2 mm long mitre with 3 narrow holes and 3 prominent midribs. Annulus slightly 12-lobed. Anthers quadrangular, not hairy; thecae oblong, parallel; inserted in the apical part of the anther a broad appendage with curled margins. Stigmas ovate, obtuse, papillose. Ovary light reddish-brown, about 2 mm. Funicles as long as the ovules. Fruit ribbed, obovoid. Fruit stalk thickened and lengthened after flowering to 16 mm above the bracts.