A medium-sized to fairly large herb growing up to 110(-200) cm tall, with poorly developed rhizome and slender, up to 0.6 cm thick, branched stolons and slender, up to 1 cm thick, leafy stems which are bulbous at base. Leaves are lanceolate, larger ones 25-35 cm x 3-4 cm. Inflorescence is short, up to 5.5 cm long including peduncle, few-flowered, bracts few, up to 1.5 cm long, outer 1-2 sterile, bracteoles about 1 cm long, tubular at the base. Flowers are more or less sessile, exserted from bracts, corolla tube about as long as calyx, labellum white with red tubercles at base, a red band in the centre and margins edged with red, stamen much shorter than labellum, anther with large 3-lobed appendage. Fruit is 1-1.5 cm long, 3-grooved, red, densely covered with minute straight prickles. |
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