Tulipa 2019

[Hannelore]

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

[Gail]

There is a 'Stresa' which is a kaufmanniana hybrid, might be that one?

https://www.blomsbulbs.com/tulips/kaufmanniana-tulip/stresa

[Hannelore]

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

[fermi de Sousa]

Our first tulip for the year, the tiny Tulipa orthopoda
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Tulipa cretica in bloom in the rock garden today
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[fermi de Sousa]

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Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' is going well in a raised bed among iris
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Tulipa agenensis ssp sharonensis was in flower in mid September - still only 2 flowering sized bulbs 
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[fermi de Sousa]

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)
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[Janis Ruksans]

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.