tulipa

[afw]

Hi

According to Kew Tulipa Stapfii is a synonym for Tulipa Systola.

As you say, Diane, there are a few nurseries that appear to have it on their 2007 list.

I shall have to wait for their 2008 list.

[Diane Clement]

Hello, Diane,  you may be able to help with this one.... Ian bought some bulbs from a young chap at Blackpool, did not get his name ( typical, Ian!) but got the impression that he was a local member selling his plants, perhaps from a new venture?  Do you, or John Forrest, perhaps,  know who the guy was?

I think it was probably Andrew Lovell, who I think he comes from Ormskirk, near Southport.  He trades under the name Ad Hoc plants.  He is working very hard at trying to get a business going.  He always has an interesting selection of plants on his stall, sourced from all over, some seed grown, some bought in.     

[afw]

Hello, Diane,  you may be able to help with this one.... Ian bought some bulbs from a young chap at Blackpool, did not get his name ( typical, Ian!) but got the impression that he was a local member selling his plants, perhaps from a new venture?  Do you, or John Forrest, perhaps,  know who the guy was?

I think it was probably Andrew Lovell, who I think he comes from Ormskirk, near Southport.  He trades under the name Ad Hoc plants.  He is working very hard at trying to get a business going.  He always has an interesting selection of plants on his stall, sourced from all over, some seed grown, some bought in.     

Yes, Diane, it does look as though he is the supplier as it is on his 2007 list and hopefully 2008 too.

[David Nicholson]

Ad Hoc Plants are well worth a try and Andrew Lovell has one of the best ranges around. His mail order plants are perhaps the best packed plants I have ever received.

There is other reference to Ad Hoc plants elsewhere in our ramblings (maybe on the old Forum) as a result of an unfortunate comment about them on a Dutch bulb nursery Web Site.

[Lvandelft]

While taking pictures in the Connoisseur Collection I saw
a lot of damage by frosts during last week.
Here a Tulipa fosteriana Hybr.

[mark smyth]

I'll not be dealing with Ad Hoc again. Once bitten ...!

[Tony Willis]

This is a tulip flowering for the first time. I have no idea what it is bit it is quite delicate.It comes form Goktepe in SW Turkey

[I.S.]

  Mark your nice tulipa looks to me as a T. orphanidea from West Turkey but I am not sure.

[hadacekf]

Here are some shots of Tulipa in meadow and bulb bed.

Tulipa-humilis
Tulipa-humilis
Tulipa-humilis
Tulipa-polychroma
Tulipa-turkestanica

[Armin]

Franz,
you have a nice collection of dwarf tulips.
The clump of T.polychroma is very beautiful.

[Gerdk]

Franz,
Beautiful plants, superb pics - love the red ones!

Gerd

[Ian Y]

Franz
Can I come and camp by your meadow?
It is so beatuful I wish my Tulipa polychroma looked as good as yours instead they are battered by the snow, wind and rain and chewed by slugs.
I do love the small species Tulips - well they are the closest relative of Erythronium.

[mark smyth]

Is that the truth, Ian?

My T. humilis never have a stem like Franz' plants. The flowers are at ground level

[Gerry Webster]

This is a tulip flowering for the first time. It comes form Goktepe in SW Turkey

Tony - Baytop & Mathew, 'The Bulbous Plants of Turkey' seems to confirm Ibrahim's identification of your tulip as T. orphanidea. They locate the plant in W & SW Turkey in rocky places & scrub up to 2000m . T.orphanidea is a very variable plant & subsumes forms recognised by some as distinct species such as T. hageri & T. whittalli. I grow plants acquired from Norman Stevens under all 3 names &, horticulturally, they are quite distinct - if I ever get around to buying  a camera I'll post pictures next year.

Ian -  do you know Norman's form of T. orphanidea? With its drooping flowers it looks rather like an orange-brown Erythronium - very attractive..

[hadacekf]

Ian,
you can come at any time!