| Description |
Bulb spherical to ovoid, 2-2.5 × 1.8-2.1 cm. Sheath 2-5 × 0.4-0.6 cm. Vernation supervolute. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to oblanceolate (broader in the middle to upper third), sometimes slightly narrowed at the base, (4-)8-14(-17) × (0.6-)1-2(-2.4) cm, during and after flowering developing in length and width, erect to recurving at maturity; midrib conspicuous to inconspicuous; margins flat; apex acute to acute-obtuse, hooded or infrequently flat; surfaces smooth, sometimes with two (rarely four) longitudinal folds (leaves bent slightly upwards or slightly downwards); upper and lower leaf surfaces the same colour, medium- to darkish green, or infrequently glaucescent, shiny or matt. Scape 8-16 cm long, green. Pedicel 10-26 mm long. Outer perianth segments narrowly obovate to obovate, or elliptic, 18-26 × 10-15 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to angular-obovate, or obtriangular, 12-14 × 6-8 mm, each segment with a sinus and two green marks, one apical and one basal, the apical mark V- to U-shaped, sometimes divided into two smaller eye-like marks, the second (basal) mark at the base of and covering up to half of the segment, or often rectangular or elliptic, infrequently this mark divided into two longitudinally, often lighter in colour than the apical mark or yellow-green; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark similar to the mark on the outer face. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 9-17 mm in diameter. Seeds brown, c. 5 mm long. Flowering time January to April in nature; January to March in cultivation. |
