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In fact, I don't have a clue what this is, but the flower reminds me vaguely of Polygalaceae. The leaves and stem though are more like a lily. Small terrestrial herb found concentrated in one spot, in the exposed floodplain of a small black-water creek, lined with a slender bamboo that had fruited and was sprouting from seed all over the place. Pedro Viana says Burmanniaceae, which I'd never heard of, but looks right on

Thanks to @kruzkalke for pointing this plant out to me and encouraging me to photograph it.

Original species description: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233623493_Tiputinia_foetida_a_new_mycoheterotrophic_genus_of_Thismiaceae_from_Amazonian_Ecuador_and_a_likely_case_of_deceit_pollination

Full resolution images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiputinia_foetida_Pastaza_closeup.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiputinia_foetida_Pastaza.jpg