Perennials with short, usually un-branched stem, c. 10-20 mm long with a ring of fusiform root tubers. Leaves obovate to orbicular, 10-15(-24) x 5-8(-12) mm, usuÂally abruptly cuneate, rounded at apex, dorÂsiventrally compressed, concave above and convex below, softly fleshy, green to grey-green often with purple speckles above and often pink to purple below. Inflorescence a thyrse with l-3(-4) monochasia each with 1-3 flowers, brownish purple; pedicels 8-16 mm long. Buds terete to slightly longitudiÂnally grooved, gradually tapering towards apex, erect. Calyx 2-2,5 mm long, green. Corolla with a narrowly funnel-shaped tube 10-12 mm long, yellowish green; lobes broadly triangular-ovate, 2,5-3,5 mm long, acute, rough and with some club-shaped triÂchomes around throat, deep reddish purple. Anthers scarcely protruding. Squamae obÂlong, slightly emarginate, scarcely conÂstricted towards base. Fig. 4:3.
