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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: johnralphcarpenter on February 18, 2019, 03:27:02 PM
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And so it begins....
Tulipa buhseana
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Crikey! Tulip time already?! It's going to be one of those years that gallops past again, I can tell!
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Nice ones Ralph.
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Tulipa bifloriformis 'Ihnachsai'
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the first one of the season: Tulipa cretica
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the next one is grown from Kurt Vickery seeds under ref. KZ62
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Excellent.
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This Tulipa bifloriformis has THREE flower per bulb - Tulipa trifloriformis? Couldn't get it to focus properly.
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interesting Ralf, did you remind the source of the bulbs?
In the garden crocuses are now faded and over, it's time for tulips. Outside it's very windy and i had some trouble to take photos.
Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Sergey Jesenin' is really a must have, it's gonna change of tones in the following days turning to orange tones.
Tulipca cretica,Tulipa humilis, a darker form than the previous one posted.
Tulipa hissarica from Kurt Vickery seeds
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It is from Janis, Yann. Also from Janis, this other form of Tulipa bifloriformis 'Bashkisilsai' has FOUR flowers per bulb!
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Great tulips Ralph and Yann, I also have some coming along :
Tulipa bifloriformis ex Zaaimin (ex J.R.) I almost love the closed bud as much as the open flower. :D
Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Nessy'
Tulipa subbiflora (x2)
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random tulip breeding question :
how long can you store pollen -- and how can you store it effectively in a home environment for say 2 months ?
If one can do this -- is there any reason you couldnt try and crossing T.Sylvestris and T. Sprengeri ?
This is just a silly thought -- its just two of my favorites that i grow -- they share similarities and i was just curious.
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how long can you store pollen -- and how can you store it effectively in a home environment for say 2 months ?
If one can do this -- is there any reason you couldnt try and crossing T.Sylvestris and T. Sprengeri ?
This is just a silly thought -- its just two of my favorites that i grow -- they share similarities and i was just curious.
See here for members' experiences http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2726.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2726.0) - I've only tried with peony and brugmansia pollen and then just for a couple of weeks. I used to use film canisters to store it in, in the days of 35mm film cameras but have been saving little spice jars/jam pots to store pollen from snowdrops for use on the autumn-flowerers...
And definitely not a silly thought, but always worth experimenting and reporting back on your results. Toichi Itoh was told that you couldn't cross herbaceous with shrubby peonies but there is a whole race of intersectional hybrids now following on from his work.
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I have stored pollen of Hemerocallis very extensively, also of Clivia, Hymenocallis, Crinum, and Hippeastrum. To store it for a long period, a year or more, the pollen must first be dried thoroughly and then kept at low temperature. Hemerocallis and Clivia pollens retain viability in the freezer for 3 years at least, and often much longer.
For a few days, it is enough to leave open to the air in a cool room. For a week or two, store in the fridge. For several months, air dried then sealed in something (I like microcentrifuge tubes with attached cap) and held in a freezer. I described this at: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/info/Pollen.html (http://www.shieldsgardens.com/info/Pollen.html)
Jim
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Thankyou Gail and Jim -- will do some more reading !
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Tulipa doerfleri,
it doesn't open at all for one week :-\
few sun and the miracle happened
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Very nice!
Tulipa bifloriformis 'Zaamin'. This form seems to be more compact and later than the others.
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Tulipa turkistanica aff.
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Tulipa neustruevae
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Tulipa hissarica. Something been eating this!
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From Cambridge University Botanic Garden on social media .....
"Our National Collection of species tulips represents species that occur in the wild from across Europe to C. Asia. They form part of the stunning display currently adding splashes of vibrant colour in our Mountains House & well worth a visit over the next few weeks!"
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Tulip display in the Mountain House
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T. stapfi from N & W Iran
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T. kolpakowskiana from C. Asia
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T. turkestanica from C. Asia
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T. neustruevae from C. Asia
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One more from Cambridge Univ. Bit. Garden....
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T. bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder’
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Tulipa pulchella caerulea
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Tulipa aitchisonii clusianoides
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Tulipa chimganica -A three year-old plant flowering for the first time. Raised from seed collected on Mount Chimgan, Uzbekistan. The flower is surprisingly large though this is not apparent in the rather poor images.
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Tulipa neustruevae
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Gorgeous Steve, love the blue eyes and have never seen Tulipa aitchisonii clusianoides before - clusiana is beautiful but that deep coloured centre is really special.
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Steve, what do you do to keep the autchisonii clusanoides happy? Mine does not appear to be too vigorous and I get the feeling that it would require very careful watering indeed, and perhaps a warmer summer rest than I can offer..
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Thanks Gail.
This form was apparently collected from the hills above Kabul, Afghanistan some time in the late 1960’s/early 70’s.
It appears to be slowly bulking up so I should have a bulb to spare in the Summer.
Tom, I grow this plunged in sand in a deep clay pot in a well-drained mix with almost no organics. It shares a frame with arid-land corydalis. It tends to etiolate and flop over if the light is poor. The frame I grow it in has an inwardly sloping front glass panel and so the pot has to sit behind shorter plants to provide sufficient head room. It really needs to sit at the front of a tall frame with access to as much light as possible whilst remaining cool at the roots when in growth. In Scotland it’s difficult to give anything a summer baking. Whilst it undoubtedly needs complete dryness in dormancy I don’t think high summer temperatures are a requirement.
Below are a couple of images of the flower up close:
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Stunning Steve - that deep velvety maroon reminds me of the blotches in a Paeonia rockii. If you do indeed have a bulb to spare sometime I'd happily do a swap for a snowdrop or something...
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I should have a bulb to spare Gail.
Please remind me in about 10 weeks time.
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Tulipa praestans 'Shogun' and what I think is T. saxatilis.
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Tulipa iliensis - a reliable species for the rock garden
Gerd
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Anybody who knows this very small tulip in my lawn?
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Need to see the outside of the petals.
T. altaica comes to mind
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Tulipa clusiana cashmeriana
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it's perfection!
Tulipa ferganica, JR518 from Janis
Tulipa australis, macedonian form
Tulipa whittallii
Tulipa x 'Don Cossack'
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In garden is blooming hardiest of cyclamens - C. kusnetzovii from Crimea (territory of Ukraine at present occupied by Russia). Blooms many tulips - in early hours one of the best is Tulipa hissarica from Tajikistan (Hodji-obi-Garm, Varzob gorge). In afternoon flowers open Tulipa lownei (Israel) grown from seeds sent to me by my friend Oron Peri.
One of Kazakhstan's Tulipa biflora (most likely need other name) blooms unusually late for this group.
Tulipa orthopoda in greenhouse already finished, but blooms outside - in place where was deposited used soil from pots. Some seedlings escaped collecting (or were left as too small of for too large stock) and now beautifully blooms.
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In greenhouse starts blooming of red tulips. The first three represents 3 different gatherings of Tulipa micheliana - two are from Iran and one from former Soviet Central Asia.
Then Tulipa patens from Kazakhstan and as last Tulipa stapfii from Iran (got from Norman Stevens, Cambridge bulbs, UK).
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with the drought many tulips burn in 2-3 days, i water them daily for a week....
Tulipa rubidusa
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It's more and more dry, the tulips really suffer.
Here's Tulipa grengiolensis
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Tulipa altaica.
Has a much smaller flush of color on the petal than T. ferganica
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A few tulips flowering now. The first one Tulipa bakeri (I think) is in the garden. I don't think I planted it. Another escapee with used potting compost. It used to be fairly well contained under a Salix lanata and surrounded by heathers but the heathers were removed a few years ago and I cut back the salix last year so it is now making a bid to cover a large area.
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Tulipa aucheriana
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Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem'
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Tulipa 'Little Beauty'
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Tulips continue blooming with me, too. Fortunately weather became cooler so blooming will be a little longer. On the first picture T. corynestemon, collected at locus classicus in Kazakhstan.
On next orange form of Tulipa kolpakowskiana from Bishkek, Kirghizia.
Then Tulipa korolkowii 0066 - it took long time before I identified this gathering, looked so familiar, but it was not montana what it resembled at first look and growing very far from it.
Next is seedling of Tulipa kurdica pictured in garden - place where was deposited used pot-soil. Not all seedlings were collected, few escaped and now marvellously blooms in place where every one walks over...
And last - Tulipa montana from Iran.
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Tulipa ferganica
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In greenhouse blooms my last selections of tulips - all of them created around 40 years ago, when I intensively hybridized tulip species from Central Asia. The first picture is selection from wild T. greigii named 'Love Desire', then two pictures are hybrid between T. vvedenskeyi and T. greigii named 'Sparkling Light', and the last two another hybrid between T. vvedenskeyi and T. greigii named 'Amberland'.
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Here's Tulipa ferganica on a break in the rain with some sunlight.
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Tulipa vvedenskyi
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Tulipa sp? -I would be grateful for any help in naming this plant. I have grown it for a number of years but have lost the label. I am sure I bought it as a species Tulip. It doesn’t clump up and is intolerant of any summer moisture. It has a large flower which opens widely in full sun.
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A friend gave me two bags with tulip bulbs which he had from another person whom I don't know, only that it's an old man who likes to give away his overflow. One bag is labelled "Corona" and "Blooming in March"; I found it on Google, it seems to be a nice little wild Tulipa kaufmannia (if this is right).
On the other bag there is written Tulip S Aresa. Can anybody help me what this might be?
Greetings
Hannelore
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There is a 'Stresa' which is a kaufmanniana hybrid, might be that one?
https://www.blomsbulbs.com/tulips/kaufmanniana-tulip/stresa (https://www.blomsbulbs.com/tulips/kaufmanniana-tulip/stresa)
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Hello Gail,
as I have only the bulbs, I cannot decide if this is the right. But as the others which I got from him are all kaufmannias, I think that might be possible. I use these small bulbs as marker for special snowdrops planting them in a ring around the drops.
Thank you!
Hannelore
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Our first tulip for the year, the tiny Tulipa orthopoda
cheers
fermi
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Tulipa cretica in bloom in the rock garden today
cheers
fermi
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Tulipa bakeri, now Tulipa saxatilis (Bakeri Group) 'Lilac Wonder', is till one of my favourites - before I could get the type species to flower I found that this selection was more reliable and it doesn't "run" as much,
cheers
fermi
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Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' is going well in a raised bed among iris
cheers
fermi
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Tulipa agenensis ssp sharonensis was in flower in mid September - still only 2 flowering sized bulbs
cheers
fermi
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From 2 weeks ago:
1) Tulipa 'Little Princess'
2) Tulipa 'Little Beauty'
3) Tulipa vvedenskii
4) Tulipa 'Fergana Group'
5) Tulipa whitallii
(Just sent seeds of the last two to the AGS Seedex)
cheers
fermi
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Quite unusual for Northern hemisphere to write about tulip blooming in October if they are not forced. But two samples of Tulipa biflora originally collected in Kazahstan in 2012 every autumn bloomed in December. This autumn broke all records - they are in bloom now - already in October. Of course - not best growers (I'm happy that they still alive) - passing of winter frosts in leaves and under dark cover isn't easy. I think they are new species.