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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: LucS on February 01, 2022, 06:47:24 PM
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Amana
anhuiensis baohuanensis from China is a tulipa relative with big flowers.
It looks as if the one bulb will split this season ;D
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I think i lost mines, they don't like to dry.
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I think i lost mines, they don't like to dry.
Indeed, they get some water during summer.
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Somewhat easier to find is this Amana edulis
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A few more flowers.
Tulipa orthopoda
Tulipa biflora
A starting Tulipa albertii
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A few photos of today.
Tulipa systola from Iran
Tulipa orithyoides from Tajikistan & Uzbekistan
The red form of Tulipa albertii from Kazakhstan
The yellow form of Tulipa albertii with red flames
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Very distinct in colour is this Tulipa rosea
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Some more
Tulipa aff ferganica from Kyrgystan
Tulipa kurdica
Tulipa montana red
Tulipa montana yellow
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Tulipa hissarica
Tulipa cretica Dikti form
Tulipa tetraphylla
Tulipa zenaidae yellow form
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These are some excellent tulips, Luc!
The plants look nicely compressed, not elongated as one would expect in a greenhouse at this time of the year. Do you use artificial light or are you blessed with sun?
Also I am still looking for a T. rosea. Do you have a source?
My outdoor tulips are just forming the first buds - well, a few Eriostemones are. Section Tulipa is barely showing yet as March was cold. The fist tulips were out around New Year's though and grew nicely through Jan and Feb as it was unusually warm.
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Luc
I have T. ferganica here in the USA. It has persisted outside without any special treatment. Generally tulips fade and disappear after 3-4 years but this one has hung in. Where did you get yours. I would like to get some addition bulbs but have been unable to find them.
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I have 3 ferganica clones but only very few bulbs.
Aleksandr Naumenko (https://www.nova-zahrada.eu) has several different ferganicas, Rareplants UK at least had them some years ago. Janis Ruksans also offers ferganica, but only for next year.
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A few warm days can do wonders - the first tulip of the season is in bloom.
Tulipa biflora ssp koktebelica from Crimea
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A few warm days can do wonders - the first tulip of the season is in bloom.
Tulipa biflora ssp koktebelica from Crimea
Very beautifull, more handsome than the belligerent who annexed the Crimea.
From seeds (5y), Tulipa clusiana var chrysantha
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Tulipa regelii. A lovely potful as seen in the alpine house of the Munich botanical garden. My single bulb has some work go do to get as good as this :D
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In the rockgarden, unprotected all year
Tulipa dubia "Beldersai"
Tulipa greigii "Goldenes Prag"
Tulipa florenskyi LEE176 from Armenia
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Tulipa tarda
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Tulipa confusa from Armenia
Tulipa cornystemon from Kazakhstan
Tulipa micheliana LEE406 from Iran
Tulipa ostrowskiana from Kazakhstan
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Tulipa montana LEE527 from Iran
Tulipa tetraphylla from Kazakhstan
Tulipa rosea
Tulipa florenskyi from Armenia
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Tulipa ferganica
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Biflores are a nightmare, I am glad I am not a taxonomist. Named as I got them.
Tulipa koktebelica from Crimea, flowers very early
Tulipa orthopoda from Kazakhstan, 2 forms which look very different? I have no idea.
Tulipa subbiflora from Tajikistan, a tiny plant which opens flowers within the leaf sheaths without showing buds
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Tulipa polychroma from Iran
Tulipa biflora, a tall clone from Iran close to binutans
Tulipa binutans from Kyrgyztan, one of my favorites. Flowers for almost a month, curiously the flowers only open in the afternoon.
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Tulipa buhseana from Kazakhstan
Looks very similar to binutans but flowers both earlier in season and daytime as well as for a shorter period. It comes from a steppe habitat while binutans is a mountain species.
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Tulipa turkestanica 'Nuratau'
Tulipa turkestanica 'Zaamin'
Both from the Uzbekistan - Tajikistan border, I do not see much of a difference
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Tulipa tarda 'Kashka Su' from Kyrgyzstan
Tulipa urumiensis, yellow form of tarda, allegedly from Iran, only known from cultivation
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Very nice series of pictures,Christian !
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You have a great collection Christian, and I love how they grow so 'naturally' under good light conditions.
Yes section Biflores is rather confusing taxonomically but fortunately there's a very interesting article on the subject in the latest International Rock Gardener (vol. 148) (https://www.srgc.net/documents/irg/220429135707IRG148.pdf).
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Thank you!
I am currently working on a thorough documentation of all of my 200+ tulip cultivars, from macro photos of flower parts, bulbs and bulb tunics to seedpods and seeds.
The key to biflores is highly appreciated, I'll go through it with my plants once I have good pictures of all parts. Still as ecologist I must say I am not overly fond of 'splitters' defining taxa by subtle morphological characteristics of a few plants, especially regarding vegetative parts. In many cases such classification cannot be upheld when looking at the full diversity within a tulip population. Infraspecific variation is ofter higher than between such 'species'. We would need to know more about pollinators and reproductive isolation as well as genetics to better define tulip species.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10722-018-0688-4
Anyway, let's continue with Saxatiles
Tulipa humilis, Dutch stock
Tulipa humilis violacea, Dutch stock
Tulipa kurdica from Iraq
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Tulipa humilis alba caerulea oculata, Dutch stock
Tulipa rosea caerulea oculata, Dutch stock
This is the only humilis I have which produced flowers which droop when closed.
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The key to biflores is highly appreciated, I'll go through it with my plants once I have good pictures of all parts. Still as ecologist I must say I am not overly fond of 'splitters' defining taxa by subtle morphological characteristics of a few plants, especially regarding vegetative parts. In many cases such classification cannot be upheld when looking at the full diversity within a tulip population. Infraspecific variation is ofter higher than between such 'species'. We would need to know more about pollinators and reproductive isolation as well as genetics to better define tulip species.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10722-018-0688-4
Totally agree and thank you for the reference, very interesting with lots of pictures
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Tulipa cretica 'Archanes' - a tiny flower
Tulipa cretica 'Heraklion - much bigger and more colorful, maybe a hybrid with saxatilis?
Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' - a giant im comparison to cretica, Dutch stock
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Tulip season has started in the Southern Hemisphere.
1) Tulipa saxatilis
2) Tulipa saxatilis Bakeri Group 'Lilac Wonder'
cheers
fermi
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Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'
cheers
fermi
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Lady Jane is the most common form sold but it do the show each season and reseed easily.
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Interesting Blog : "In search of wild tulips
........team's journey to conserve wild tulip diversity in Central Asia."
https://tulipconservation.wordpress.com/
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Maggi -
Interesting Blog : "In search of wild tulips
........team's journey to conserve wild tulip diversity in Central Asia."
https://tulipconservation.wordpress.com/
Many thanks for bringing this information to wider attention.
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Yes thank you Maggi. Interesting reading.