Description
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Bulb subglobose, ca. 7 cm in diam.; scales white, oblong, 3.5--4.5 × 1.4--1.6 cm. Stem streaked with purple, 1--2 m. Leaves dimorphic, proximal and middle ones oblong-lanceolate, 7.5--15 × 2--2.7 cm, distal ones ovate, 2--4 × 1.5--2.5 cm. Flowers 2--12 in a raceme, paired on each pedicel. Tepals recurved, orange, with sparse, black spots, lanceolate, 5--7 × ca. 2 cm; nectaries with numerous fimbriate projections on both surfaces. Stamens diverging; filaments 4--4.5 cm, glabrous; anthers deep vermilion. Ovary ca. 1.5 cm. Style ca. 5 cm. Capsule oblong, 4--4.5 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jul, fr. Sep. 2 n = 24*.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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* Mountain slopes; 700--1000 m.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
