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Kniphofia Flower

Name:

Red-hot poker, as is commonly known..

Description:

The downward-pointing flowers open from the bottom of the stem upwards‚ revealing golden stamens

Origin:

South Africa

Colour:

Yellow‚pale green‚ cream and sand

Availability:

This Flowers are Availble in Autumn

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Kniphofia flowers are named to honor German professor J.H.Kniphofia who was a professor of Medicine at Erfurt of Germany.
It is mostly located in South Africa and Asphodelaceae family which contains 17 genres and about 750 species.
The red-hot pokers range from red, orange, yellow, lime green and cream with many hybrids have been made by cultivators of South Africa.
Most of the species require enormous water during the budding season in order to thrive and flower well.
Regular fertilizing required while they grow actively.
Most of the flowers tolerate frost however winter budding should be taken care off.
Their presence and diversity in Africa is becoming less as travelled towards North.
They are located in Lesotho, Swaziland and Sudan.
Outside of the continent three species are presiding and two of them at Madagascar and one at Yemen.
Flowers of few species are taken as trivial food items and they taste like honey.
They are applied in numerous medical purposes.

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