Description: Interesting is the firs time I found this species in flower was close to Witvoorkop in June last year. This year the ones at Witvoorkop never came out whereas this colony is flowering at Spogplaas at the moment and in June last year when the colony at Witvoorkop was flowering this colony at Spogplaas didn't appear at all.

Description: A deciduous perennial psammophilous, herbaceous geophyte with a tunicated corm that can grow up till 70cm high. The smooth lance shaped leaves are folded, fine edged and can grow to 15cm long. The yellow-green flowers are maroon on the tips of the petals, the stamens grows spreading outwards. Flowers grows on ramified flowering stems, flowers grows hanging. The flowers can grow to 4cm in diameter. The round fruits are fleshy. Flowers September to October. This specie grows on sand dunes close to Beauvallon. This specie is threatened in this area due to mining and overgrazing.