Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.12-0.25 m high; corm globose, tunics of fine, netted fibres; stem simple or 1-or 2-branched. Leaves lanceolate-ensiform, falcate, 3-8 mm wide. Bracts dry, papery, attenuate. Inflorescence a dense spiral spike; flowers actinomorphic, pink to orange with dark veins, ± salver-shaped; perianth tube 6-10 mm long; tepals 12-20 mm long, spreading, oblong. Stamens erect, regularly placed; filaments 3-5 mm long; anthers pale yellow, curved with age. Style erect, 7-8 mm long, central. Flowering time Sept.-Nov. Capsule elongate, ellipsoid.
Cormous geophyte, 12-25 cm. Leaves falcate. Flowers actinomorphic, pink to orange with dark veins, stamens central around erect style.