| Description |
Bulb ovoid to spherical, (1.4-)1.7-2.4 × (0.9-)1.4-1.8(-2.2) cm. Sheath (2.5-)4-9 × 0.4-1 cm. Vernation applanate to applanate-explicative. Leaves linear to very narrowly oblanceolate (slightly broader in middle to upper third), (4-)7-25(-28) × (0.4-)0.6-0.9(-1.2) cm, during and after flowering developing in length and slightly width, semi-erect to recurving at maturity; midrib conspicuous; margins mostly flat to subrevolute but usually also very slightly explicative to explicative, particularly at the base to lower half of the leaf, on one or both sides of each leaf; apex acute to acute-obtuse, flat to very slightly hooded; surfaces smooth apart from leaf folding; upper and lower surfaces the same colour or slightly different, upper surface glaucescent or infrequently nearly glaucous (grey-green to grey), somtimes with a faint glaucescent to glaucous (grey) median stripe, matt, lower leaf surfaces glaucescent, matt. Scape (6.5-)8.5-22(-28) cm long, glaucescent. Pedicel 10-25(-33) mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to elliptic, (15-)18-24 × (6-)9-15 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments broadly obovate to obtriangular, 8-12 × 4-7 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical V-shaped green mark, and often with one or more (usually two) green marks at the base of the segment, if two marks these normally small and eye-like, if one mark this usually faint and circular, infrequently with a large green mark covering nearly all of the segment; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule ellipsoid to spherical, 10-18 mm in diameter. Seeds not examined. Flowering time January to March in nature and in cultivation. |
