| Description |
Plant height 10-25 cm., bulbs broadly ovoid, bulb tunics dark brown, glabrous inside, stem green, reddish at base, leaves 10-18 cm. long and 2.5-6 cm. wide, shortly ciliate, flowers 2-5, tepals 4-6 cm. long and 2-3 cm. wide, yellow or ochre, with a dorsal red spot or stripe, filaments yellow, anthers and pollen light yellow, ovary green, stigma yellow, stigma margins yellow. Differing from T. praestans by the stem green at top, smaller leaves, ciliae less dense, and coloring of tepals, filaments, anthers, ovary and stigma. Differing from T. kolpakowskiana by its bulb shape, dark brown glabrous bulb tunics, ciliate leaves and number of flowers per stem. |
