Tulipa 2009

[fermi de Sousa]

Two late flowering parrot tulips,
"Orange Parrot"


and my favourite, "Flaming Parrot"; I'd love to get a pink sport of this and call it "Flamingo"!


cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

My mother used to grow 'Orange Parrot' many years ago (she died in 1989) and I liked it then. Not so sure now. Pretty sure I'm not too keen on the other though.

[Kees Green]

I have the flaming parrot and I must admit I agree with Lesley I also do not really like it, it is quite messy but with it being so late it does add some colour to the garden. Mine are out now to. They look like candy cains when the yellow fades to white.

[johnw]

I got on the elevator of the Victoria General Hospital last night and there was a photo of a delectable tulip on the wall.  It was tight in bud, very narrow and extremely pointed.  The colour was a lovely dark almost, but not quite, burgundy red with a brilliant light green base which went 1/4 of the way up the petals. The combination was stunning.  If I can get back AND catch the same elevator I will take a picture but the chances of that is pretty remote as I can't remember which elevator I was on. Any ideas out there as to its identity?

johnw

[Ragged Robin]

So you were hypnotised on the elevator......and saw a red     

[Boyed]

John,

A bit difficult to guess by discriptions.
Could it be lily-flowered tulip 'Yuri Dolgorukiy'? See the photo below

[johnw]

John,

A bit difficult to guess by discriptions.
Could it be lily-flowered tulip 'Yuri Dolgorukiy'? See the photo below

Zhirair - No, not that one.  No flair at the tip and there was a green base that stopped with a clearly dilineated line between red and green. Thursday night I will be back to photograph it.

johnw

[johnw]

Back to the elevator Tulip.   Ninth elevator proved to be the correct one, however it took several rides to get rid of the crowds to take two shots. Apologies for the quality of the shots, it was dark in there and bumpy.  The red is just a tad brighter than shown.

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

It looks a very interesting tulip John. I've certainly no idea about ID. Was it part of an advertisement? I ask because I wonder if it was computer-generated.

[Lvandelft]

Lesley, I think they are real  

Edit by Maggi: Armin has reported that there may be a problem with the link Luit gave  to a site with the original photos of the mystery tulip, so I have removed it from the page.

[Ray]

Hi Luit,a real good looking Tulip and its name is? bye Ray

[Armin]

The picture with the buds resemble T. humilis "Eastern Star".
Tiny but very nice when flowers are wide open.
But it could be a totally different cultivar.

[johnw]

Lesley -   I assume the photos and paintings thoughout the hospital are for sale and/or publicity.  My first thought was the Tulips were computer generated, that was in the crowd. On my next trip down I was opposite the photo and realized they were real.

Luit - I browsed on the photographer's name and wound up on some rather unsavoury sites.  I did finally get to her website and she lives here in the city so I dashed her off an email.  Marvellous you could find the photo on her site as I couldn't. Thanks so much, it’s exactly like the photo I saw.

I just wonder if another shot by the same photographer might be the same Tulip farther along.  http://www.photoworks.8k.com/display/display7.html  I think more than dew got this one, probably a spring gale.

Armin – the base of humilis Eastern Star looks right but the leaves look too big, but that may be the close-up distorting the scale.  I like the shape of the flowers in bud and prefer the spring sun to stay away (not so much of a problem here!) so tulips stay tight in bud as in the shot.  Once they open they never quite close again the same way.  I’m a strange fellow.

johnw

[Ragged Robin]

John, a wonderful journey of discovery to find your tulip in the photograph.  Curiosity led me to look at Halifax Gardens where your second tulip photograph, by the same photographer, was taken...what a wonderful garden with Bandstand and lake, and a most interesting history    I do hope you find your tulip....I have been searching for one I grew years ago but have never found again 

[Maggi Young]

I just cannot comprehend the enormity of a hospital site with (at least?) nine escalators.....ooh, errrrr, just looked again... it is elevators, not escalators..... well, okay, that is within reason, I concede!!