tulipa

[Boyed]

Luit,

I just texted (sent an sms) to my Ukrainian friend asking about tulipa graniticola. He replied that tulipa graniticola has much common with tulipa biebersteiniana, and there are only slight diffeences. Anyway, Ukrainian bonanists condider t. graniticola as different species.
He's gonna e-mail me a detailed reply, which I will translate and post. 

[Boyed]

Luit,

my firend has just replied and that's what he wrote about tulipa graniticola: "Before it was considered as one species, that was tulipa tulipa biebersteiniana. But during 50s Ukrainian botanists Klokov and Zoz devided this species into several small subspecies, as the plants from different localities had slightly different features:
Tulipa graniticola
Tulipa hypanica
Tulipa ophiophylla
Tulipa quercetorum
Tulipa scythica

[Armin]

Beautiful pictures from everybody.

Zhirair,
thank you for tulipa graniticola and its subspecies from Ukraine.
Very interesting - never stop learning!

[afw]

Beautiful pictures from everybody.

Zhirair,
thank you for tulipa graniticola and its subspecies from Ukraine.
Very interesting - never stop learning!

     
The following, very interesting  site, posted by Diane Clement,    http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do) still puts all the above as synonyms of Tulipa beiberstaniana.

[Armin]

Alan,
thanks for the link. This confirms what Luit said.
This confirms again there is much room for improvements in botanists naming nomenclature.
Maybe, future DNA analysis will sort it out...

[Boyed]

I already have few tulips blooming in the garden.

kaumanniana 'Ugam', strangely 2 samples flowered much earlier
greigii 'Melodie d Amore' - again strange, it usually get 60-65 cm tall and one of the tallest greigii tulips. But this sample is only 25 cm

[Michael J Campbell]

A few Tulips.
Tulip bakera lilac wonder.
Tulip montana.
Tulip vvedenskyii  hyb
This last one is especially for Maggi,with nice variegated foliage,
Tulip praestans unicum.

[Armin]

Michael,
a nice dwarf Tulips collection.

Today T.kaufmannia hybrids open and T. praestans Unikum still having buds.

T.eichleri this year is only half the size (~15-20cm height) compared to the years before. I believe this is result from last years spring drought. (sorry for the poor picture quality)

[Paul T]

Love those variegated tulips.  Very, very rarely seen for sale here, and not that variety.  I think we had one for sale last year with a stripe around the outside of the leaf (i.e not as strongly variegated as in your pics) with a pinky flower?  I can't recall as only 2 of the 9 bulbs I bought actually grew, and I couldn't see any variegation on any of them so I assume they were incorrect!    Very dissapointing.  Would love to grow that one just posted.  Wow!! 

[Boyed]

Paul,

if you so admire variegated leaves, I suppose you will be certainly impressed by brand new greigii tulip  'Fire of Love', which has mottled leaves with nice variegation. A real show-stopper for the people who appriciate the beauty of leaves
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/149304/

[Paul T]

Oh....... I'm speechless!!!!! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful Tulips Michael and Armin - great show ! 

Michael,
could you tell me under which name the x Vvedenskii JR is to be found in the Ruksans' catalogue ?  I haven't got that one yet and I find it a very firy orange..

[Boyed]

Luc,

I suppose under the name 'Joker'

[Boyed]

Luc,

I am sorry. It is 'Amberland', not 'Joker'.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Zhirair !
Another extra for this year's order