Red-hot Poker

© Roger de la Harpe
Red-hot Poker.

Dzina

Red-hot Poker kana Torch lily

Dzina ḽa tshi Latin

Kniphofia spp

Ṱhaluso

Hetshi ndi tshimela tshine tsha vha na zwithu zwine zwa tshi ṱalusa nga maanḓa,nga nzudzanyo kwayo ya maṱhakheni ya maluvha a tsho. Maṱari aya hula a swikela vhulapfu hono lingana 1m, ḽine ḽa vha ḽo dzula,tshine tshi ya hula tsha swika kha 1,5m nga vhulapfu, tsha vha tsho ita tshisekene, na tshivhumbeo tsha tshipulumbu. Ṱhoho ya maluvha ndi muvhala mutsuku musi atshi nga di tou thoma atshi hula a shandukisa muvhala wa vha tshitopi kana mudala wo ṱanganaho na tshitopi musi a tshi vulea mafheleloni a vhuria.

Nḓowelo

Hetshi tshimela tshi ya vhonala tshi tshi khou hula fhethu hune ha vha na vhuḓalo ha mahatsi na hone ḽi wanala kha vunḓu ḽa Western cape uya na kha vunḓu ḽa Limpopo.

Mawanwa

Huna tshaka nnzhi dza hetshi tshimela ho katelwa K. linearifolia, K. uvaria, K. multiflora, k.caulescens.
Hethsi ndi tshimela tsha Afrika tshipembe fhedzi zwa zwino tshi ya wanala na fhethu hoṱhe kha ḽifhasi, ḽo phaḓaladzwa nga lunako lwaḽo na uri heḽi,ḽi luvha ḽi ya tshila lwa tshifhinga tshilapfu.