Winterflowering Kniphofias
John Grimshaw (Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:18:10 PST)
Kniphofia rooperi flowers here in September-October. Perhaps different
populations flower at different times.
Identification of red-hot pokers is notoriously difficult, even in the wild,
and I would be cautious about accepting the name on a label, and even less
on seeds in a packet.
John Grimshaw
Dr John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
Tel. 01242 870567
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Winterflowering Kniphofias
Lauw:
I continue to be fascinated by how climate affects flowering time.
Kniphofia rooperi flowers here from August-October.
Tony Avent
Lauw de Jager wrote:
Ken,
Concerneing K rooperii, the only trouble with freezing temperatures is
that
the buds are destroyed. They flower consistently from late Decembre till
early March. However, watering has an impact on the flowering time: those
with regular drip irrigation flower much better then those submitted to
summer and this year an autumn drought (till early December).
Dave Fenwick had a few K rooperi from me some years ago, he might be able
to
add some interesting details (Dave are you still on the list?)
Thanks everyone who confirmed that K sarmentosa is winterflowering and
come from SW Cape; thus should be an ideal plant for our mediterranean
climat.
I will try to put some K rooperii images on the wiki
Greetings