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Bulb spherical to ovoid, 2-2.5(-2.7) × 1.7-2.3 cm. Sheath 1.5-3 × 0.3-0.5 cm. Vernation applanate. Leaves linear, at flowering absent or much shorter than the scape, (0-)1-5 × 0.3-0.5 cm, after flowering developing to 8-25(-30) × 0.-0.5 cm, recurving at maturity, and often becoming prostrate-flaccid or pendent (when growing out of rocks); midrib conspicuous; margins flat or slightly rolled under near the base; apex acute to acute-obtuse, flat; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces slightly different in colour or the same, upper surface glaucescent to almost glaucous, usually with a faint greyish median stripe, lower surface glaucescent to glaucous, matt. Scape 9-12.5 cm long, green to glaucescent. Pedicel 20-30 mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to narrowly obovate, or elliptic, 16-23 × 8-10 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to obtriangular, 7-8 × 4-5 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical U- to V- or heart-shaped green mark (or sometimes just two small green spots 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 ovoid to spherical, 8-10 mm in diameter. Seeds pale brown, c. 5 mm long. Flowering time October to December in nature; October to November in cultivation. |
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