Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Boyed]

Is T. 'Outbreak' with all those secondary flowers a new breeding direction Luit?

Ashley,

'Outbreak' is not a multi-flowering cultivar. Many single-flowered varieties, when treated with high temperatures during summer storage, produce secondary flowers. This procedure is especially done to increase the rate of propogation. Apart from that it intensifies the size and amount of fringe of fringed tulips, increases the amound of petals of double tulips, parrot tulips develop more scalloped blooms, etc.

[ashley]

Interesting; I wonder what are the processes involved?
Thank you both.

[Lvandelft]

Ashley,

'Outbreak' is not a multi-flowering cultivar. Many single-flowered varieties, when treated with high temperatures during summer storage, produce secondary flowers. This procedure is especially done to increase the rate of propogation. Apart from that it intensifies the size and amount of fringe of fringed tulips, increases the amound of petals of double tulips, parrot tulips develop more scalloped blooms, etc.

Always learning 

[Lvandelft]

On this Monday it was a special day for hyacinth entries:
At least some warm colours to get warmed over a little bit 
 
Display 1                     
Display 1a                     
Hyacinthus multiflora 

[Lvandelft]

Display 2
From far one pot looked almost black, but....                     
Hyacinthus Midnight Mystique 

[Lvandelft]

Display 3
We saw a new type of hyacinth this time, noticeable erect growing leaves around the stems                   
Hyacinthus Viagra   

[Lvandelft]

This autumn flowering Muscari seems to like the extreme cold spring weather:
Muscari aucheri Autumn Glory         
             

[Lvandelft]

some more Muscari:

Muscari anatolicum
Muscari Siberian Tiger

[Lvandelft]

 and some tulips and irises to finish this report:
         
Pot tulips         
Iris holl. Flashlight           
Iris holl. Holland Lila 

[Onion]

Luit, what can I say 

[annew]

I bet it smelled lovely!

[Lvandelft]

I bet it smelled lovely!

It's only 15 C. in the hall Anne, so there is not much to smell .....

[Rogan]

I have never seen so many beautiful flowers in my life before! Thanks a lot Luit, keep it up!   

[Lvandelft]

Outside polar circumstances are still dominating with very strong winds but nevertheless in the Show Hall very good quality was shown on Monday with many special Hippeastrum entries:

But first I want to show you what may happen in my own garden with our sandy soil when some digging had to be done for replanting on about ten sq. meters and replanting was not finished when the winterweather hit us again. This small area was totally windswept and the sand covered parts of the garden and partly a raised bed and after three days it looks so:

windswept garden

[Lvandelft]

Hippeastrum 1                                           
Hippeastrum Double Delicious
Hippeastrum Aphrodite                                     
Hippeastrum Pyjama Party