HORTUS BULBORUM or TREASURY OF HISTORIC BULBS

[Lvandelft]

Zhirair, do you also have the Appendix with the list of Flamed Tulips?
There are all the virus free tulips together on one list.
If you don't have it then I do have a pdf. of the list.
I will ask if it's necessary that you need to have a permission of not living persons
to registrate old tulips.
I cannot imagine that this is true.
The only thing is, when you want to registrate cultivars there are costs of
planting etc. in the KAVB garden.

[Boyed]

Luit,

Yes, I have the Appendix with the list of Flamed Tulips.
I will very appriciate the information about tulip registration, relating author's permission and costs of planting at KAVB garden (I didn't know about that).

Thanks a lot, Luit.

[Lvandelft]

Zhirair, about the registration of older Russian tulips I can tell you now, that it’s not difficult at all.
You might ask for a registration paper at KAVB and then you fill in all dates of the cultivar.
i.e. height, the colour, which Group etc. Then the name of the breeder and in case the breeder is no more alive you give your name as Registrar and the name of the breeder.
If the breeder is still alive you can give your name as Registrar and ask the breeder for permission that you
want to register his tulip. Then you have to send the paper with photos of the cultivar, (or digital by E-mail).
The Tulip Committee will decide if the cultivar is different from existing cultivars or only the name is different.
If the Committee is not sure, the cultivar has to be planted in the Garden of KAVB, where in the next spring the Committee will judge the cultivar.
I’ll send you by PM the address of the Registration Office and some other details about costs etc.

[johnw]

Here some photo's of species tulips.
Behind the picture names the year of introduction as far as known.

Tulipa acuminata
 

Luit - I am curious to know if T. acuminata is available in Holland. The company I work for orders from Ruigrok (spelling?) If I knew of a Dutch source I might be able to convince them to have a some sent to R. for relay with our August order.

Thanks

johnw

[Lvandelft]

Hi John,
I can see that this year app. 600 m² of T. acuminata was grown.
I think there are only 1 or 2 producers, and I remember having seen some
in my neighbourhood. So you might try to get some. And of Ruigrok there are
several in the area around here.
But mostly such small quantities are just as specialty grown for a few traders,
otherwise a producer has problems to sell them in the trade.
And please ask for bulbs big enough to flower!
(see: Attribution of a Dutch Master  )

[Boyed]

Luit,

In the website of Hortus it is stated that

Each year a small collection of a few of the historical tulip types is grown for commercial purposes. This trade collection is made available to a small number of specialized sales outlets and exporters, to special historical gardens in the Netherlands, among them Palace Het Loo, and elsewhere to exclusive garden centers and distributors in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the United States.

I know their distributors in The Netherlands and US, but about Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland I have no idea. Do you have any idea about Hortus repesentavives in these countries?

[Lvandelft]

Zhirair, I don't know what the meaning of your question is, but I am almost sure
that you will find the greatest assortment of Hort. Bulborum tulips in Europe at Peter Nijssen
in Holland. And it is the shortest line to avoid extra costs.
I found one business in Germany who has maybe between 10 and 20 cvs.
But they ask for one bulb € 5.90 and P.N. asked last year for 3 bulbs € 7.50!
So why would you look in other countries?

[arisaema]

P. C. Nijssen unfortunately only ships within the EU... The Swedish one is Botanicus.nu, although it isn't of much help as they don't do export.

ETA: www.villiniitty.fi appears to be the Finnish distributor.
ETA2: German, EU only: http://www.garden-shopping.de/shop/customer/home.php?cat=229