Llamar a una API desde una aplicacion MVC con C#

A continuación se detallan el respectivo Modelo, Vista y Controlador de mi aplicación MVC creada con C#.

Modelo:

using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.Linq;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	namespace Floreria.Models
	{
	public class Flor
	{
	public string Codigo { get; set; }
	public string Nombre { get; set; }
	public string Origen { get; set; }
	}
	}

Vista:

@model IEnumerable<Floreria.Models.Flor>
	@{
	ViewData["Title"] = "FloresAPI";
	}
	<h2>FloresAPI</h2>
	<p>
	<a asp-action="Create">Create New</a>
	</p>
	<table class="table">
	<thead>
	<tr>
	<th>
	@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Codigo)
	</th>
	<th>
	@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Nombre)
	</th>
	<th>
	@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Origen)
	</th>
	<th></th>
	</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
	@foreach (var item in Model) {
	<tr>
	<td>
	@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Codigo)
	</td>
	<td>
	@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Nombre)
	</td>
	<td>
	@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Origen)
	</td>
	<td>
	@Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ }) |
	@Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ }) |
	@Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })
	</td>
	</tr>
	}
	</tbody>
	</table>

Controlador:

namespace Floreria.Controllers
	{
	public class HomeController : Controller
	{
	public IActionResult Index()
	{
	return View();
	}
	public IActionResult FloresAPI()
	{
	IEnumerable<Flor> flores = null;
	using (var client = new HttpClient())
	{
	var _clientBaseUrl = client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://dmq9re9bpi.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/test/flor");
	//HTTP GET
	var responseTask = client.GetAsync(_clientBaseUrl);
	responseTask.Wait();
	var result = responseTask.Result;
	if (result.IsSuccessStatusCode)
	{
	var readTask = result.Content.ReadAsAsync<IList<Flor>>();
	readTask.Wait();
	flores = readTask.Result;
	}
	else //web api sent error response
	{
	//log response status here..
	flores = Enumerable.Empty<Flor>();
	ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, "Server error. Please contact administrator.");
	}
	}
	return View(flores);
	}
	}
	}