Lookng for the name of a flower?

Question

this flower used to be very popular, many years ago, it is tall, with dark green large leaves, and has a flower, usually red, that blooms slowly, up a stalk. I think this flower has a bulb. ?? Any idea ??

Answer 1

If it blooms slowly up a stalk, it sounds like Red-Hot Poker or Kniphofia.

There are many varieties and these were the best photos I could find at the time:
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/kniphofias.htm

The flowers slowly redden up the stalk over several days.

Answer 2

Are you perhaps thinking of an old-fashioned canna? The original ones meet your description. My grandma used to grow them back in the 40s - 60s, and they were very popular. A lot of people grew them in a flower bed, sometimes with shorter plants in front of them. They grew about 4 to 6 feet tall, and I remember feeling like a midget next to those cannas. Since she lived in Illinois, grandma would dig up the roots and save them in the cellar over the winter, since they aren't hardy in a cold winter climate. They are rhizomes (a thickened root) rather than a true bulb but most people think of them as bulbs.
About 15 or 20 years ago, new varieties of cannas started becoming popular. Now they come in lots of different flower colors, including yellow, orange, pink, cream, white, and bicolors, as well as reds, and there are some with very colorful leaves as well. Many are shorter than the older varieties. But even though I grow some of the new varieties, I will always remember the tall, exotic-looking ones I remember from childhood.

Answer 3

Amarylliss?

Answer 4

i.m really only guessing, but it sounds like a trumpet flower, if i was you i would rooty-toot it. xx

Answer 5

It could be Amaryllis.

Answer 6

could be a cannas

Answer 7

gladiolia