Corm small, globose, on a long rhizome; tunics brown-black, membranous. Produced leaves sub-basal, ensiform, rigid, glabrous, 6–9 in. long, 6–8 lin. broad, with thickened stramineous ribs and edges. Stem 1 ft. or more long, bearing 1–2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, secund, 6–8-flowered, 6–8 in. long; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, acuminate, 1–1 1/4 in. long in the lower flowers. Perianth bright red, spotted with orange-purple at the throat, 1 1/2–2 in. long; tube curved, 8–9 lin. long; limb horizontal, rather longer than the tube; upper segments ovate, acute, not cucullate, 1/2 in. broad; 3 lower lanceolate-spathulate, deflexed. Stamens rather shorter than the limb. Capsule oblong.
