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Bulb spherical to ovoid, or ellipsiod, 1.8-2.5(-3) × 0.6-1.5(-2.1) cm. Sheath 5-8.5 × 0.5-0.7 cm. Vernation applanate. Leaves linear to very narrowly oblanceolate (slightly broader in the middle to upper third), at flowering (4-)6.5-13(-16) × (0.3-)0.4-0.8(-1) cm, after flowering developing to 6.5-20(-33.5) × 0.4-1(-1.4) cm, erect or recurving to prostrate at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat or subrevolute, particularly near the base of the leaf; apex acute, flat; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces slightly different in colour, upper surface medium- to darkish green, slightly shiny to matt, often with a faint glaucescent median stripe, lower surface lighter green, usually shiny. Scape 8-12 cm long, green. Pedicel 16-34 mm long. Outer perianth segments narrowly obovate to elliptic, 15-22 × 6-10 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular, 8-10 × 4-6 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical U- to V-shaped green mark; inner face of each segment with a faint tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 8-15 mm in diameter. Seeds brown, c. 5 mm long. Flowering time January to April in nature; January to February in cultivation. |
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