diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py b/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
index 760736c6..9f8f9d3a 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from anndata import AnnData
 from annsel.core.typing import Predicates
 from dask.dataframe import DataFrame as DaskDataFrame
-from dask.dataframe import Scalar, read_parquet
+from dask.dataframe import Scalar
 from geopandas import GeoDataFrame
 from shapely import MultiPolygon, Polygon
 from upath import UPath
@@ -1979,21 +1979,14 @@ def h(s: str) -> str:
                 if attr == "shapes":
                     descr += f"{h(attr + 'level1.1')}{k!r}: {descr_class} shape: {v.shape} (2D shapes)"
                 elif attr == "points":
+                    import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+
+                    from spatialdata._io._utils import get_dask_backing_files
+
                     length: int | None = None
-                    if len(v.dask) == 1:
-                        name, layer = v.dask.items().__iter__().__next__()
-                        if "read-parquet" in name:
-                            t = layer.creation_info["args"]
-                            assert isinstance(t, tuple)
-                            assert len(t) == 1
-                            parquet_file = t[0]
-                            table = read_parquet(parquet_file)
-                            length = len(table)
-                        else:
-                            # length = len(v)
-                            length = None
-                    else:
-                        length = None
+                    backing_files = get_dask_backing_files(v)
+                    if backing_files:
+                        length = sum(pq.read_metadata(f).num_rows for f in backing_files)
 
                     n = len(get_axes_names(v))
                     dim_string = f"({n}D points)"
@@ -2084,8 +2077,8 @@ def _element_path_to_element_name_with_type(element_path: str) -> str:
             description = self.elements_are_self_contained()
             for _, element_name, element in self.gen_elements():
                 if not description[element_name]:
-                    backing_files = ", ".join(get_dask_backing_files(element))
-                    descr += f"\n    ▸ {element_name}: {backing_files}"
+                    backing_files_str = ", ".join(get_dask_backing_files(element))
+                    descr += f"\n    ▸ {element_name}: {backing_files_str}"
 
         if self.path is not None:
             elements_only_in_sdata, elements_only_in_zarr = self._symmetric_difference_with_zarr_store()
diff --git a/tests/io/test_utils.py b/tests/io/test_utils.py
index 1f7be358..00ca6494 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_utils.py
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 
 import dask.dataframe as dd
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 from upath import UPath
 
-from spatialdata import read_zarr
+from spatialdata import SpatialData, read_zarr
 from spatialdata._io._utils import get_dask_backing_files, handle_read_errors
+from spatialdata.models import PointsModel
 
 
 def test_backing_files_points(points):
@@ -141,3 +144,23 @@ def test_handle_read_errors(on_bad_files: str, actual_error: Exception, expectat
         with handle_read_errors(on_bad_files=on_bad_files, location="location", exc_types=KeyError):
             if actual_error is not None:
                 raise actual_error
+
+
+def test_repr_points_shows_row_count():
+    """repr() must show the concrete row count, not <Delayed>, for backed points."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        parquet_path = os.path.join(tmp, "points.parquet")
+        n_rows = 400
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(0)
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"x": rng.random(n_rows), "y": rng.random(n_rows)})
+        # aggregate_files=True produces a list-of-piece-dicts graph, the case reported in #1084
+        dd.from_pandas(df, npartitions=4).to_parquet(parquet_path, write_index=False)
+        ddf = dd.read_parquet(parquet_path, aggregate_files=True)
+
+        points = PointsModel.parse(ddf)
+        sdata = SpatialData(points={"pts": points})
+        sdata.write(os.path.join(tmp, "example.zarr"))
+
+        r = repr(sdata)
+        assert f"({n_rows}," in r, f"expected row count {n_rows} in repr, got: {r}"
+        assert "<Delayed>" not in r, f"repr still contains <Delayed>: {r}"