| Description |
Bulb spherical to ovoid, 1.4-2.2 × 1.3-1.5 cm. Sheath 2.5-5 × 0.3-0.5 cm. Vernation applanate. Leaves linear, at flowering (7-)9-15 × 0.5-0.7 cm; after flowering developing to 15-18(-22) × 0.5-0.8 cm, erect to recurving at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins flat; apex acute to acute-obtuse, flat to very slightly hooded; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces the same colour, glaucous (grey-green to grey, or grey-blue) or rarely glaucescent, matt. Scape 10-18 cm long, green to glaucous. Pedicel 15-25 mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to broadly obovate, or elliptic, 18-22 × 6-10 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular, 9-11 × 4 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical, narrow to broad, V- to U-shaped, or heart-shaped, green mark; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 5-11 mm in diameter. Seeds pale brown, c. 4 mm long. Flowering time November to January, rarely March, in nature; November to December in cultivation. |
