Wiki Additions-- Johnsonia and Kniphofia
Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:24:18 PST)

Hi,

On our visit to South Africa in 2006 Rod and Rachel Saunders took us for a
day trip near Bainskloof. There had been a fire previously that year in
this area so there were things in bloom you might normally not see. There
was a whole field of Kniphofia uvaria in bloom (in September so that
qualifies as winter or early spring blooming) and I've added pictures to
the wiki:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Rachel told us you could not expect that kind of a bloom except after a
fire. We also saw Kniphofia sarmentosa on that trip, another winter
rainfall species. At least that is what we were told. I accept that
identification would be a challenge. A lot of them look alike to me.

On another note I finally got around to adding pictures of Johnsonia, a
genus from Australia that is very unusual. It is rhizomatous and there
seems to be some differences of opinion about which family it currently
belongs to. Without the flower you'd just think it was some kind of a grass.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue