S. I. Ali & Brian Mathew

Rhizome thick and stout. Leaves 4-6; up to 60 cm, 3.0-4.5 cm broad, straight, glaucous. Peduncle (stem) 50-70 (-120) cm tall, with 1-2 branches, each branch 2-3 flowered. Bract and bracteoles 7-11 cm. Pedicel ?1.0 cm. Perianth white often with some blue marking and yellow-green veins; tube 2.2-2.5 cm long; falls 6.5-9.5 ( 2.5-4.0 cm, obovate, rounded or cuneate narrowed into a short yellow claw which has a dense, narrow white or yellow beard of long hairs along the centre; standards 6.5-9 ( 2.5-5 cm, obovate to oblong-elliptic, with a short yellowish claw. Filament 1.3-1.8 cm long, white; anther 1.5 cm, long. Stylar branches 5(1.5 cm, lobes 1.8(0.7 cm, entire, upturned; stigma entire. Capsule. rarely formed, stipitate, stipe c. 4-5 mm, c.3 mm thick, woody; fruit c. 3.0-4.3 cm long, c. 2.2 cm broad, walls thick and woody. Seeds globular, wrinkled, red-brown.

Fl. Per.: May.

Type: Kashmir, Aitchison (K).

Distribution: Kashmir, endemic.

Cultivated in gardens, sometimes known as escape in Afghanistan, Iran or even in Pakistan (Baluchistan, Dir).