tulipa

[Maggi Young]

Many among those striped old tulips are virus-infected. So your friend should rather grow them far away from other varieties to somehow avoid spreading of virus

Yes, indeed, that is why we don't grow any striped tulips, lovely though many are. 

[Boyed]

Maggi, yes really. It always makes me surprised how some nurseries sell virused tulips on rather high prices, even not warning that they can harm the other bulbs grown next to them.

Of course, they are striped cultivars, which are genetically virus-free, but for unexperienced growers it is quite difficult to identify virus among them. Though it is not that difficult.

[Maggi Young]

Zhirair, it worries me that no mention is made of the possibility of virus from these plants, as you say, when one knows it is easier to tell but for beginners this is not so. Although it is said that these cultivars are genetically virus free... I am not so sure: how can we tell that the virus, while not active in that tulip, may not be passed and made active to another plant? 
While I imagine that Diane's friend is well aware of such dangers... as an auricula grower she should be .....there must be many people unaware of the history of virus in some plants which makes them, for some of us, too big a risk!

[Boyed]

Maggi, I quite agree with you. Among the nurseries, which offer such kind of tulips are:
http://www.pc-nijssen.nl/frameset_onlinebestellen.php
http://www.oldhousegardens.com

Virus-free striped varieties are discribed as true broken-tulips, and the infected ones - just broken tulips.

However, it is not so difficult to identify the virus in rembrandt (true-broken) tulips. If one is well familliar with the characteristics of a cultivar it becoms easier. In case of catching virus, stripes of other colour(s) appear on the petals, which are not characteristic fot the variety. Besides, one can observe mosaic on the leaves. In some varieties mosaic is not easily seen, so the leaves should be carefully observed. Anyway, one need suficient experience to easily identify viruses on striped rembrandt tulips.

[viovaslui]

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[mark smyth]

Hello viovaslui welcome to the SRGC web site. There is another Romanian member. Your English is better than my Romanian!

[dominique]

All van Toll varieties are historical plants. Here is the first : Cochineal

Tulipa Duc van Tol Cochineal
 Tulipa edulis
 Tulipa humilis Pink Charm
 Tulipa polychroma

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great series to start off your season Dominique - could you tell us a bit more about these van Toll varieties - the one you're showing looks very good indeed.

[Boyed]

Luc,

Duc van Tolls are very old family of draft early-blooming tulips, which used to be classified in a separate division. Presently they are included in Single Early division and gave birth to many Single Early tulip cultivas.

[dominique]

 Thank you zhirair for this reply. It is true. It is said too that these old tulips would come from a cross with the wild Tulipa schrenckii

[Armin]

Dominique, nice cuties those Duc van Tol.

[Gerdk]

Here is Tulipa binutans - a nice small tulip from Ruksans

Gerd

[Armin]

Hallo Gerd!
what a beauty with nice fine markings outside.
Something for the cold house or it can stay outside?

[Gerdk]

Armin,
My reference book (Tulips by R. Wilford) does not note any details for cultivation. But Tulipa binutans is a member of the T.biflora -T. turkestanica aggregate , species which are hardy outside. As a precaution I kept this plant inside.

Gerd

[Casalima]

Gerd,
It's gorgeous - so delicate!

Chloë