Winterflowering Kniphofias
John Grimshaw (Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:51:39 PST)

I have now done what I should have done earlier & got out the Flora of
Southern Africa part covering Kniphofia (Codd 2005) (which is essentially
and disappointingly the same as Codd's 1968 work on the genus).

It says that K. rooperi 'can usually be recognized by the large globose
racemes which appear mainly during winter and spring' and that it comes from
marshy places near the coast of the Eastern Cape and southern Natal
(including around my parents-in-law's area, which makes a visit more
alluring). Codd also records intermediates between K. rooperi and K. uvaria
(and possibly K. citrina) from further inland. This all makes me wonder if
the clone I grow (of garden origin) is indeed true K. rooperi.

Tony, Lauw and Ellen: do your plants come from known wild provenances?

John Grimshaw

Dr John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP

Tel. 01242 870567

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauw de Jager" <dejager@bulbargence.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Winterflowering Kniphofias

Tony,
As John and Ellen confirm, this must have something to o with region of
origin of the various populations. The same cause of the difference in
flowering period was noted for Gladiolus dalenii.
Greetings

Lauw de Jager

Le 28/02/08 13:26, « Tony Avent » <tony@plantdelights.com> a écrit :

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