Kniphofia Tiki Torch Helicodiceros both species and hybrids

both species and hybrids

with pendent scarlet red flowers

light green foliage is held upright on dark

Well-drained soils are best since Cyrtomium lonchitoides often grows in the wild as a lithophyte (on rocks)

Thanks to world class lycoris specialist Phillip Adams for sharing

Kniphofia Tiki Torch Helicodiceros both species and hybridsKniphofia 'Tiki Torch' is a 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of one of the most exciting red hot pokers we've ever grown. This introduction is a Kniphofia rooperi seedling that had a romantic rendezvous with an unknown re blooming red hot poker growing nearby. The results are a red hot poker with the same form and flower shape of Kniphofia rooperi, but flower stalks that start for us in early July instead of early October. The dense upright green