Bulb globose or ovoid, 3-3½ cm long by 3-4 cm in diameter; dark brown or dark brown shading to light brown below; roots rather long, up to 1.75 dm, fleshy, white; leaves withered, 2-7 mm wide; scape solid at base, hollow above, dull reddish at base green above with whitish bloom all over; bracts dull pink; pedicel and ovary green; base of perianth tube green, rest of perinath deep pink; style cherry red; stigmas purple; filaments pink; anthers yellow; the largest flower 10cm from top of ovary to tip of tepals, and 10 cm across the tips of tepals. In Brachystegia-Uapaca woodland on sand: 870mm. Sheet 1/2. See Spirit collection. Herbarium Kewense. Colonial Office East African Expedition 1955-1956.