Connoisseur Collection

[annew]

How ARE the tulips propagated?

[Boyed]

Tulips are propagated by daughter bulbs formed around the big replacement bulb (each planted bulb after vegetation forms a replacement bulb and several smaller bulbs). The varieties with high rate of propagation usually form around 4 to 5 daughter bulbs of different sizes. The biggest ones could flower right the next year or the following year. The smaller ones should be additionally grown for 1 to 3 years to get matured.

Some speies doesn't increase vegetatively and should be multiplied from seeds.

[Lvandelft]

Before I left for a short break I was able to make some pics of Narcissus.
When I came back this week many Narcissi had suffered from low temps, of at least minus 8 C. near the ground.
Many cups are grey now and no longer looking good for picturing.
Here are the ones from last week:

Narcissus DIV 1 Arrival  Oregon Tr. '04
Narcissus DIV 1 Little Beauty
Narcissus DIV 1 Little Spell  Lentefl. '92
Narcissus DIV 1 W.P. Milner
Narcissus DIV 13 obvallaris
Narcissus DIV 2 Nor Nor K.J. v.d. V. 2000 
Narcissus DIV 5 Queen of Spain  Avon B. '05
Narcissus DIV 6  Wheatear  Lentefl. '94
Narcissus DIV 6 Tracey  Lentefl. '92
Narcissus eystettensis Cam. B. '97

[Paul T]

Luit,

Beautiful pics as always!!    I particularly like Eyestettensis and W. P. Milner.    The rest are pretty nice too though. 

[Lvandelft]

From now on I will show more tulips than other bulbs.
First some Tulipa from the greigii Group;

Tulipa greigii Group Calypso v. T.
Tulipa greigii Group Cape Horn   
Tulipa greigii Group Charmeuse 1
Tulipa greigii Group Charmeuse 2
Tulipa greigii Group Robert Schuler J. Uitt. '99 
Tulipa greigii Group Golden Day 1
Tulipa greigii Group Golden Day 2   
Tulipa greigii Group Haute Couture   
Tulipa greigii Group Royal Seat 2
Tulipa greigii Group Royal Seat 3

[Lvandelft]

Tulipa greigii Group Addis                     
Tulipa greigii Group Bella Vista         
Tulipa greigii Group Cinderella             
Tulipa greigii Group Flowerdale Av. B. '99   
Tulipa greigii Group Comedian                   
Tulipa greigii Group Für Elise v.T. '02             
Tulipa greigii Group Annie Salomons   
Tulipa greigii Group Karimata H.v.Dr. '06             
Tulipa greigii Group Majorette             
Tulipa greigii Group Longfellow 

[Lvandelft]

Tulipa greigii Group Petronella                   
Tulipa greigii Group Rockery Master   
Tulipa greigii Group Quebec v.T. '02     
Tulipa greigii Group Quicksilver           
Tulipa greigii Group Red Surprise               
Tulipa greigii Group Segwun                   
Tulipa greigii Group Teeuwen's Memory                   
Tulipa greigii Group Tschaikowsky           
Tulipa greigii Group Turkish Delight
Tulipa greigii Group Protuberance P+M v.d. P.               

[Lvandelft]

Here  the last from the greigii Group:

Tulipa greigii Group Upward         
Tulipa greigii Group Wrestler   

and some Oldies:

Tulipa Duc van Tol Double 
Tulipa Duc van Tol Rose PCN '05       
Tulipa Duc van Tol Oranje H.Kühn '06
Tulipa Duc van Tol Red and Yellow  Hort. Bu. 2000

and a few others:

Tulipa E.V.T. Christmas Marvel   
Tulipa heweri T.C. '98                 
Tulipa eichleri res.               
Tulipa eichleri Clare Benedict                 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wow Luit - I think you must live in bulb country ....   

Is this the song you're humming taking these shots
"Als de lente komt dan stuur ik jou ... Tulpen uit Amsterdam..."
 

Great stuff Luit - what a diversity   

[Lvandelft]

Is this the song you're humming taking these shots
"Als de lente komt dan stuur ik jou ... Tulpen uit Amsterdam..."
 

Luc, it seems you have the talent I don't have.     hummmm........., forget about it   

[Lvandelft]

Here some of the T. fosteriana Group:

Tulipa fosteriana Group Summit       
Tulipa fosteriana  Riga's Barikades J.R. '05   
Tulipa fosteriana Group Candela         
Tulipa fosteriana Group Albert Heijn v.T. 07   
Tulipa fosteriana Group Czardas
Tulipa fosteriana Group Golden Galata   
Tulipa fosteriana Group Purissima   
Tulipa fosteriana Group Flaming Purissima Av. B.
Tulipa fosteriana Group Yellow Purissima   
Tulipa fosteriana Group Juan     

[Lvandelft]

and some of the Single Early Group with some very old varieties:

Tulipa S.E.G. Brilliant Star [stam A]               
Tulipa S.E.G. Chrysolora  PCN '07
Tulipa S.E.G. Christmas Carol  H.v.Dr.                 
Tulipa S.E.G. Cupido   
Tulipa S.E.G. Diana  [stam A.]         
Tulipa S.E.G. Duc de Berlin  H.v.Dr.       
Tulipa S.E.G. Rose Gris de Lin  PCN '05         
Tulipa S.E.G. Sint Maarten       
Tulipa S.E.G. van der Neer               

[Maggi Young]

It is a great advantage with Luit's very clear photos that, even when the Forum is loading very slowly, we can still enjoy his posts because we can see lots of the charm of the flowers without needing to enlarge them at first viewing! 

[Lvandelft]

Yes Maggi,  at times of necessity  it's ok, but some Tulipa's deserve better,
i.e. pictures opened. For instance such old hybrids like 'van der Neer' from
1860, or Diana which exist 99 years already and Rose Gris de Lin from 1860.
The thumbnails are to small for showing the good colours.

Having said this back to work.
Here some T. greigii hybrids.:

Tulipa greigii Hybr. Ali Baba           
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Astrakhan           
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Authority res.     
Tulipa greigii Hybr. El Graciosa   
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Czaar Peter       
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Indian Sweet 
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Graceful         
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Tarafa               
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Perlina 1
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Perlina 2         

Before someone asks what the difference is between a Group and Hybrids.
I was told that T. greigii hybr. are results of crossing two T. greigii and in the T. greigii Group there is only one T. greigii parent involved.

[Maggi Young]

at times of necessity  it's ok,

Yes, Luit, you are quite correct, it is better to be able to enlarge the photos to really appreciate the beauy of the flowers. At this moment the Forum seems to be operating more properly, I hope this continues.... Fred is working on our behalf, of course and I hope this improvemnet is his work and lasts well!!
Poor Fred, he has a very bad arm, he cannot use it, and to make matters worse, he has had a terrible toothache  ... his dentist has helped him, in part with the use of a cuddly gorilla and contortions  .....the mind boggles, but at least Fred is feeling a little less "down in the mouth" now!!
Now we only need to make his arm better....