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Bulb spherical to ovoid, 2-4.5 × 2-2.8 cm. Sheath 2.5-8 × 0.5-0.9 cm. Vernation explicative. Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate (broader in the middle to upper third), and often narrowed at the base, at flowering (3.6-)4.5-20(-25) × 0.6-1.7 cm, after flowering developing to 8-21(-27) × 0.6-2.1 cm, erect or recurving at maturity; margins distinctly folded downwards towards the under surface of the leaf (explicative), or at maturity each fold is two thirds from the centre of the leaf to margin (two or four folds per leaf), flat to undulate; midrib conspicuous; apex obtuse to acute, flat to slightly hooded; surfaces smooth apart from folds; upper and lower surfaces different in colour or the same, upper surface green-glaucescent to glaucesent or almost glaucous (pale to dull grey), with or without a narrow to broad glaucescent median stripe or band, matt to slightly shiny, lower surface glaucescent to glaucous (grey to white-grey), matt. Scape (5-)7-15(-18) cm long, green to glaucescent. Pedicel 20-32 mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to broadly obovate, elliptic, 15-24 × 9-14 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular or oblong, 08-14 × 5-8 mm; each segment with a sinus and an apical V-to U-shaped green mark, sometimes the mark much larger and covering almost all of the segment, or each segment with two marks, one apical and one basal, the second (basal) mark at the base and covering up to slightly more than half of the segment; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical to ellipsoid, 10-15 mm in diameter. Seeds medium to dark brown, c. 5 mm long. Flowering time February to April in nature; December to March in cultivation. |
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