| Description |
Bulb ovoid to spherical, 1.5-2 × 1.1-1.7 cm. Sheath 2-2.2 × 0.4-0.5 cm. Vernation supervolute. Leaves linear to very narrowly oblanceolate (slightly broader in the middle to upper third), at flowering 2.5-4 × 0.5-0.7 cm, after flowering developing to 12-22.8 × 0.5-1.2 cm, and becoming broader in the middle to upper third, erect at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat; apex acute to acute-obtuse, hooded; upper surface smooth, lower surface distinctly longitudinally ribbed; upper and lower surfaces the same colour, glaucous (blue-grey, grey), matt to slightly shiny or with an 'oily' sheen. Scape 5-14 cm long, glaucescent to glaucous. Outer perianth segments obovate to narrowly obovate, or elliptic, 15-17 × 6-8 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments narrowly obovate or obtriangular, 7-8 × 4-5 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical, narrow, V-shaped green mark, and sometimes with a small faint yellowish or green patch near the base; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule ellipsoid to spherical, c. 10 mm in diameter. Seeds not seen. Flowering time February to March, in nature and in cultivation. |
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