| Description |
Bulb spherical to ovoid, (1.5-)2-2.4 × 1.1-1.7(-2.3) cm. Sheath 3.5-6 × 0.5-0.8 cm. Vernation applanate. Leaves linear to very narrowly oblanceolate (very slightly broader in the middel to upper third), (4.5-)5-15(-26) × (0.3-)0.4-1(-1.4) cm, during and after flowering developing slightly in length and width, erect or recurving at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat or subrevolute, particularly near the base of leaf; apex acute-obtuse, flat or very slightly hooded; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces the same colour or slightly different, upper surface glaucescent or infrequently nearly glaucous (grey-green), often with a glaucescent median stripe, matt, lower leaf surfaces glaucescent to glaucous, matt. Scape (2-)7-15(-18) cm long, green to glaucescent. Pedicel 12-30 mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to broadly obovate, or elliptic, 15-23(-26) × 6-11 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular in outline, 7-12 × 4-6 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical V- to U-shaped green mark, often broadest at the tips (enlarged in the lobes, either side of the sinus); inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 10-16 mm in diameter. Seeds pale brown, c. 4 mm long. Flowering time January to May in nature; January to April in cultivation. |
