Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched on a Red hot poker (Kniphofia rufa) stalk, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Red hot poker (Kniphofia) 'Royal Standard' in garden border, England, UK, July.

Gary K. Smith / Red-hot poker (Kniphofia) flowers.

Ernie Janes / Red-hot poker flowers (Kniphofia) close up, cultivated plant.

Ernie Janes / Red-hot pokers (Kniphofia) in garden, Loch Berneray, Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red-hot pokers (Kniphofia) in garden, Loch Berneray, Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding on Kniphofia inflorescence. Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.

Ernie Janes / Red Hot Pokers (Kniphofia inearifolia) and wasp (Vespula sp) in garden, England, UK, August.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) eating seeds from a Red hot poker (Kniphofia rufa), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May.

Pete Oxford / Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) female feeding on (Kniphofia sp) flower at base of Chimborazo Volcano, Ecuador, Andes

Ernie Janes / Red-hot poker (Kniphofia sp) flowers, UK

Rolf Nussbaumer / Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), male feeding from Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia sp.). Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), male feeding from Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia sp.). Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), female feeding from Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia sp.). Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Anup Shah / Sunbird {Nectarinia sp} feeding onnectar from Red hot poker flowers {Kniphofia sp} Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Albert Lleal / Torch Lily (Kniphofia sp) SEM close-up view of pollen at 1050x magnification

Colin Varndell / Blue tit {Parus caeruleus} on Red hot poker flower, UK

John Cancalosi / Yellow tufted malachite sunbird female {Nectarinia famosa} feeds on {Kniphofia linearifolia} South Africa

Tim Fitzharris / Torch Lily (Kniphofia sp) flowers, Salt Point State Park, California

Nigel Cattlin / Red hot poker (Knipohofia sp.) ornamental perennial flower spike of red and yellow florets opening from the bottom, Berkshire, England, June

John Cancalosi / Root maggot fly (Anthomyia spp.), on red hot poker (Kniphofia spp.), native to South Africa.