Trunk none or up to 60 cm long; stem simple or branched; crown 1; leaves broadly spreading or recurved. Leaves transverse-linear to very depressed-obtrullate or very depressed-cuneate in T.S., 1.7-2.3 mm wide, 0.7-1.2 mm thick, green, not glaucous. Scape 50-180 cm long, rarely to 210 cm, 5-11 mm diam. Spike less than 1/4 as long as scape, 5-40 cm long, 14-23 mm diam. Cluster-bracts obscure. Packing-bracts obtuse to shortly acute, glabrous to subglabrous. Sepals shortly acute, without beak or beak very short, sometimes with a short median abaxial ridge, without proboscis, glabrous. Petals recurved, with proboscis, glabrous except hirsute apex.