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Bulb ovoid to spherical, 2.1-2.6(-3) × 1.5-2.3 cm, whitish or yellowish. Sheath 2.5-5.5 × 0.4-0.7 cm. Vernation supervolute. Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate (broader in the middle to upper third), slightly narrowed at the base, at flowering 2.5-20(-25) × (0.4-)0.6-2.2(-2.5) cm, after flowering developing to 13-23(-35) × 0.6-2.5 cm, recurving or erect at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat; apex acute to obtuse, usually hooded; surfaces smooth, sometimes with two (rarely four) longitudinal folds (leaves bent slightly upwards or slightly downwards); upper and lower surfaces the same colour, glaucous (grey to grey-blue), matt to slightly shiny. Scape 9-16 cm long, glaucescent to glaucous. Pedicel 15-30 mm long. Outer perianth segments broadly obovate to elliptic or circular, 15-20 × 8-11 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular, 7-10 × 4-5 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical, narrow V- to U-shaped green mark; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering half to the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 6-11 mm in diameter. Seeds pale brown, 3-5 mm long. Flowering time February to May in nature; January to March in cultivation. |
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