Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, vivid yellow, spreading or a little inflexed, a little concave, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base and sometimes “thumbed”, more strongly inflexed; corona short funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, vivid orange, with mouth straight, more or less tightly frilled.

Part of Lionel Richardson’s “World War II Battles Series”. Named after the Battle of El Alamein which was marked as a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.