Tulipa 2019

[Yann]

Tulipa doerfleri, it doesn't open at all for one week 

few sun and the miracle happened

[johnralphcarpenter]

Very nice!

Tulipa bifloriformis 'Zaamin'. This form seems to be more compact and later than the others.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Tulipa turkistanica aff.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Tulipa neustruevae

[johnralphcarpenter]

Tulipa hissarica. Something been eating this!

[Maggi Young]

From Cambridge University Botanic Garden on social media .....

"Our National Collection of species tulips represents species that occur in the wild from across Europe to C. Asia. They form part of the stunning display currently adding splashes of vibrant colour in our Mountains House & well worth a visit over the next few weeks!"


Tulip display in the Mountain House


T. stapfi from N & W Iran


T. kolpakowskiana from C. Asia


T. turkestanica from C. Asia


T. neustruevae from C. Asia

[Maggi Young]

One more from Cambridge  Univ. Bit. Garden....


T. bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder’


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[Steve Garvie]

Tulipa pulchella caerulea



Tulipa aitchisonii clusianoides



Tulipa chimganica -A three year-old plant flowering for the first time. Raised from seed collected on Mount Chimgan, Uzbekistan. The flower is surprisingly large though this is not apparent in the rather poor images.





Tulipa neustruevae

[Gail]

Gorgeous Steve, love the blue eyes and have never seen Tulipa aitchisonii clusianoides before - clusiana is beautiful but that deep coloured centre is really special.

[Tomte]

Steve, what do you do to keep the autchisonii clusanoides happy? Mine does not appear to be too vigorous and I get the feeling that it would require very careful watering indeed, and perhaps a warmer summer rest than I can offer..

[Steve Garvie]

Thanks Gail.
This form was apparently collected from the hills above Kabul, Afghanistan some time in the late 1960’s/early 70’s.
It appears to be slowly bulking up so I should have a bulb to spare in the Summer.

Tom, I grow this plunged in sand in a deep clay pot in a well-drained mix with almost no organics. It shares a frame with arid-land corydalis. It tends to etiolate and flop over if the light is poor. The frame I grow it in has an inwardly sloping front glass panel and so the pot has to sit behind shorter plants to provide sufficient head room. It really needs to sit at the front of a tall frame with access to as much light as possible whilst remaining cool at the roots when in growth. In Scotland it’s difficult to give anything a summer baking. Whilst it undoubtedly needs complete dryness in dormancy I don’t think high summer temperatures are a requirement.

Below are a couple of images of the flower up close:

[Gail]

Stunning Steve - that deep velvety maroon reminds me of the blotches in a Paeonia rockii. If you do indeed have a bulb to spare sometime I'd happily do a swap for a snowdrop or something...

[Steve Garvie]

I should have a bulb to spare Gail.
Please remind me in about 10 weeks time.

[David Nicholson]

Tulipa praestans 'Shogun' and what I think is T. saxatilis.

[Gerdk]

Tulipa iliensis - a reliable species for the rock garden

Gerd