This flower is such a mystery to me, I’ve never seen anything quite like this before. The funny part is it has lovely orange and yellow colors and I was surprised to see this transformation in black and white.
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Eureka! I found it. 😀
Kniphofia /nɪpˈhoʊfiə/, also called tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily, knofflers or poker plant, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. It is native to Africa. Herbaceous species and hybrids have narrow, grass-like leaves 10–100 cm (4–39 in) long, while perennial species have broader, strap-shaped foliage up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long. All plants produce spikes of upright, brightly colored flowers well above the foliage, in shades of red, orange and yellow, often bicoloured.[4] The flowers produce copious nectar while blooming and are attractive to bees. In the New World they may attract sap-suckers such as hummingbirds and New World orioles.
The Kniphofia genus is named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, an 18th-century German physician and botanist.
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Cool shot! I love the red hot poker flowers, they always seem to have a rebellious streak to me! And they look great in black and white too!
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Glad you liked it, Katie. Seems everyone but me knows this flower. 🙂
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A great picture. 🙂 We have red hot pokers growing in our garden – they’re a very striking flower!
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Yes, they are. I find them so interesting. Thank you!
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We gave those flowers here as well. It looks great in black and white you really just look at the shapes. Fantastic.
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Thank you, Leanne. The details are so much more visible in b&w.
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Love the B&W version. So beautiful!
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Glad you liked it, thank you!
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