Red-hot Poker

© Roger de la Harpe
Red-hot Poker.

Igama

Red-hot Poker or Torch Lily

Igama lesi-Latin

Kniphofia spp

Ihlathululo

Ukuhluka kwalo okusebaleni kwesimilwesi, kukuthi imhlobo wamathuthumbo wokuhleka okupheleleko kwamathuthumbo. Amakaraso akhula ngobude obungaba yimitha yinye; isiqu samathuthumbo, sona siba side nge-1.5 m ukuyaphezulu, simumatha amathuthumbo akhamba mgobunengi afaka hlanga amatsikana, kanye nalawo akheke njengamatjhubhu. Iinhloko zamathuthumbo zinombala omthuthu ukuyela kofipheleko okubomvu ekuthomeni, kodwana utjhugulukela kosarulana nofana ohlazasatjani okuqarheke ngosarulana nayivuleke ngokukhamba kwehlobo.

Indawalo yemvelo

Ithuthumbeli lingatholakala limila eenkhothini kanye neeyalweni begodu litholakala ukusuka esiFundeni se-Western Cape etlhagwini ukuyela e-Limpopo.

Ibuthelelolwazi ngomangwawo

Kunemihlobo eminengi yethuthumbeli efaka hlangana i- K. linearifolia, K. uvaria, K. multiflora, K. Caulescens.
Lesi kusimilo seSewula Afrika muvanje esele sitholakala eencenyeni ezinengi zomhlaba, elithethe lasiwa lapho ngebanga lobuhle balo kanye nokuthi ithuthumbeli lihlala nofana liphila isikhathi eside.