Tulipa 2009

[Maggi Young]

Fred, we find that T. cretica grows  too tall...around  15-17 cms here , too 

[BULBISSIME]

I think scottish food is too rich 

[Maggi Young]

I think scottish food is too rich  

..... well ,sometimes, that may be so but I believe that  most of the problems we have here with plants growing too tall is because of the low light levels. I am surprised that that would be the reason for fermi's taller plants, though... I would have thought that the Australian light levels were just fine!  

[Onion]

WOW, there sure is a wealth of information being offered here and so many wonderful pictures.My small collection is just starting to bloom, so here are a couple that I like.
Tulipa aucheriana
Tulipa ''Little Beauty''
I really love that Little Beauty.I don't mind admitting I don't know a great deal about this genus.I see that Little Beauty is a  hybrid of Hageri. Now would it accept the pollen from aucheriana and if so, is the cross worth while?
Regards Paul Rumkorf

Paul,

I think this is possible and successful. In "Tulips" from Richard Wilford both species belong to the subgenus Eriostemones. T. hageri to section Australes and T. aucherina to section Saxatiles. So it is possible to get fertile seeds.
 

[fermi de Sousa]

I think scottish food is too rich  

..... well ,sometimes, that may be so but I believe that  most of the problems we have here with plants growing too tall is because of the low light levels. I am surprised that that would be the reason for fermi's taller plants, though... I would have thought that the Australian light levels were just fine!  

Hi Fred and Maggi,
this cluster of Tulipa cretica are a bit tall as they were overgrown by a salvia which was cut back when I saw the flowers on the tulip.
This is the height of another cluster in full sun,


And the T. aitchisonii v clusioides is in bud - even better than last year!


cheers
fermi

[Boyed]

Fermi,

I would like to know if your tulipa greigii form increase vegetatively? Wild forms not always form daughter bulbs and mainly propagated by seeds.

[BULBISSIME]

Look's better 
very nice plants, T. cretica is one of my favourite 

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi,

I would like to know if your tulipa greigii form increase vegetatively? Wild forms not always form daughter bulbs and mainly propagated by seeds.

Zhirair,
that Tulip greigii came from one of the commercial growers awhile ago so I can't be sure it is the wild form. It does have a number of daughter bulbs as can be seen in the pic and one of them is now in flower. The original one was planted about 6 or 7 years ago and this is the first offset to flower; I think I need to dig them up and separate them a bit.
cheers
fermi

[Ragged Robin]

Fermi, I really like your group of Tulipa cretica - the rosey flush on the outside petals and then opening out to stary white with a yellow throat - are they from Crete?

[johnw]

I have read that Tulipa acuminata is difficult to grow but no details are ever mentioned or solutions.  With luck I landed 12 good-sized bulbs and would appreciate any insights on growing them. They will be in the cold room for the winter and then moved into a just-frost-free greenhouse when the shoots emerge.

Last year Luit's pictures of this Tulip at the Hortus Bulborum fired me up to find it once and for all.


johnw 

[vanozzi]

Paul,

I think this is possible and successful. In "Tulips" from Richard Wilford both species belong to the subgenus Eriostemones. T. hageri to section Australes and T. aucherina to section Saxatiles. So it is possible to get fertile seeds.
 
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Thanks Uli--I managed to get Richard Wilford's book from our  Ferny Creek Horticultural Society library yesterday.It's exactly what I needed--in fact I'm going to buy one for my own library.I selfed both plants and also put pollen each way on other blooms.
Regards Paul Rumkorf

[Maggi Young]

Glad you like Richard's bookm Paul.
 Ian reviewed it for the Rock Garden journal in 2006..... attached below, in two parts........

[Lesley Cox]

On Saturday morning this bunch was given to me by a flower seller at the Market, to welcome me on my first day back at work. I've no idea what the variety is. They were in quite tight bud but have opened really quickly, and the flowers grown in size as well over just a day and a half.

[Boyed]

Lesley,

That is for sure a triumph tulip, but it is very hard to identify which variety it is as there are hundreds of cultivars with this colour combination among triumph tulips. It would be easier to gueсs if the blooms were photographed in an open stage where the base colour could be observed.

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi, I really like your group of Tulipa cretica - the rosey flush on the outside petals and then opening out to stary white with a yellow throat - are they from Crete?

Hi Robin,
Yes, I believe they are from Crete, though I bought mine locally T. cretica, T. saxatilis and T. bakeri are supposed to be closely related if not varieties of the one species. I can't see that with T. cretica myself
Tulipa bakeri "Lilac Wonder" has just started flowering




and T. saxatilis will be open by the weekend.
This is the inside of T. aitchisonii v clusioides,

Its "big sister" T. clusiana will be open by next week.
cheers
fermi