The last kniphofias that I saw in autumn. I thought all of them had well-and-truly gone when I stumbled across these sheltered by a tree at Dunedin Botanic Garden. They are sometimes called red hot pokers or torch lilies. Photos taken by me on 19 May 2021. New Zealand.
Torch triumphant.
Another, thwarted …
The winner takes it all
The loser’s standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny
Verse from: The Winner Takes It All
Songwriters: Andersson Benny Goran Bror / Ulvaeus Bjoern K
Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2021)
Exploring Colour 
I have a few yellow ones in flower here – I like them a lot more than the red ones. Must be amazing to see kniphofias growing everywhere – very cheerful!
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It’s lovely to see lots of their torch shaped flowers. I like the yellows and the red/yellows, and oranges. Not quite so keen on plain red. 🙂
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Cool-looking flower, Liz. It definitely looks like a torch to me.
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Yes, these ones really have the torch look!
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The flowers look so exotic, Liz, I would expect them in tropical regions.
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They sure have the brightness and colour of tropical flowers!
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Never seen anything like these!
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There’s a lot of them in the south of New Zealand, an introduced garden plant. Here’s a photo of yellow pokers growing by the sign for our little town…
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Ours are in full radiant bloom here in mid-summer.
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Hoping for a photo Steve [nudge, nudge] 😉
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I thought of that and looked at them last night. They are actually almost past as much of the petals have browned. 😦
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Oh! what a shame.
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Still on my first cuppa, I misread your title as ‘knip-phobia,’ which left two questions: what’s a ‘knip,’ and why should anyone be afraid of it? Interesting that a Canadian I follow just posted a photo of these coming into bloom.
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Kniphofias pop up all over the place in these parts, not just in gardens but road frontages, lining driveways, by farm fences. If a person was adverse to bright colours perhaps ‘kniphobia’ could be a thing!
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