| Description |
Leaves linear to very narrowly linear-lanceolate, at flowering 7.5-18 × 0.5-1 cm, after flowering developing to 15-35 × 0.6-1.1 cm, semi-erect to recurving or prostrate at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat or subrevolute, particularly near the base of the leaf; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces the same colour or slightly different, upper surface medium- to dark green, shiny, infrequently matt, without a faint glaucescent median stripe, lower surface slightly lighter green, usually shiny. Scape 3.5-20 cm long, green. Pedicel 10-30 mm long. Outer perianth segments narrowly obovate to elliptic, 15-27 × 10-16 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular, 8-10 × 3-6 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical U- to V-shaped green mark; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark similar to the mark on the outer face, or larger and covering up to half of the segment. Flowering time January to April in nature; February to March in cultivation. |
