Tulipa 2010

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more tulipa species
At first two pictures of my Tulipa berkariense (nomen nudum) - both collected wild, the second named by my daughter 'Little Ilze'
Very beautiful Tulipa hewerii from Afganistan (via Norman Stevens)
Tulipa biflora from Armenia (via Zhirair)
From the same group is Tulipa orythyioides from Sina but easy to seperate from others by long neck below stigma
Tulipa ophiophylla Fire Bird from Ukraina (via Dima)
Tulipa kolpakowskiana from Kashka-Su in Khirghizia
Tulipa sp. WHIR-157 from Iran, I think hoogiana, but not checked its name yet
and as last one of my Tulipa vvedenskyi hybrids - Tulipa x Honeymoon S-R-13-1

[Janis Ruksans]

It is not good to show too much plants in same time, but as I'm again going to mountains (hope flights on Sunday will work - here are two jokes about last happenings - 1) The last wish of dying economy of Iceland was to disperse it's ashes over Europe and 2) Icelanders are offering - close our debts, we will close vulcano, Greeks are asking Icelanders - how to restart some of our old vulcano but Latvians are weeping for sorrow - why we haven't any vulcano.) - I want to show some of last shots.
At first three pictures of Tulipa dasystemon - very uniform around its area - pictures are from plants pictured in Uzbekistan, Khigizstan and Tadjikistan
Tulipa sp. of turkestanica complex collected in Ihnachsai as dasystemon
Tulipa polychroma from my Iranian gatherings
6 Tulipa stapfii (from Norman Stevens)
Two unidentified tulips from Kazahstan, may be T. kolpakowskiana forms or some natural hybrid
9 Tulipa kaufmanniana from Kurama ridge in Uzbekistan collected at 2500m altitude
Tulipa dubia form with striped flovers (not virus! from Beldersai, Uzbekistan

[cohan]

Two unidentified tulips from Kazahstan, may be T. kolpakowskiana forms or some natural hybrid

all beautiful, but wow--number 8 is very nice!

[Oakwood]

Is T koktebelica anything to do with T primulina?
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Peter, T. koktebelica is very close to T. bflora, not to T. primulina

[Oakwood]

Fermi, thanks for kind words about my plants

Janis, your tulips are fascinating as usually  hope your fly will work despite the machinations of the Island volcano 

[PeterT]

Janis your tulips are super, I like the berkariense forms with the different leaf colourings, The T dubia from Norman is doing well for me too with its red triangle on the back of its petals. The bifloras remind me of regelli -the flowers are so similar and some times I almost imagine I can see ridges on the biflora leaves. Voronin #4 looks amazing. all my Kaufmannii are finished now, fosterianas are still out though. and the cluisianas

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fascinating stuff Dimitri and Janis !! 
Wonderful series - so many more species to look out for... 

[I.S.]

 Here is one of my tulips. It was a trophy to me from SE. TR. Can anybody confirm me! If this is a t. armena var lycica or t. sintenisii!
 

[udo]

Really inspiring photos of Tulips in the wild on banks and in meadows and in gardens, thanks for showing them Thomas, Franz and Wim 

Udo your Tulipa tarda 'Variegata' is very unusual and very attractive - how old is the group you photographed?

Robin, this group is around 10 years old. I begin with two bulbs.

[ArnoldT]

I think I may have posted an incorrectly named image of Tulipa ferganica.

Here are two images correctly named.

Tulipa altaica
Tulipa ferganica

Arnold

[Lesley Cox]

For all it spreads about, Tulipa clusiana in any of its forms is so slim and elegant one can't be annoyed at it.

[Gail]

For all it spreads about

If only....
Dies out here 

[PeterT]

Is T koktebelica anything to do with T primulina?

Peter, T. koktebelica is very close to T. biflora, not to T. primulina
[/quote]Thanks Dimitri,
 The name is not in my books. The biflora section is clearly much bigger and more variable than I had realised. When I look at regelii The leaf almost looks like biflora and some bifloras vaugely seem almost to  have corrugated leaves
Here is a picture of primulina, it only opens in warm sun, and a picture of a tulip I want to identify, also T australis in a friends garden.

[TheOnionMan]

Been lurking and enjoying all the wonderful tulipa here.  One of my favorites is out now, T. clusiana 'Lady Jane', such an elegant species, yet with large exquisitely shaped blooms when they open to the sun.  The silver foliage is slender and unobtrusive.  I like how the flowers are phototropic, gracefully leaning this way or that as they follow the sun.  They also sway in the slightest breeze, so it has been a test of patience getting decent photos.

[ashley]

T. clusiana is one of my favourites too Mark, especially 'Lady Jane', although I find it hard to keep going in the garden.  

How can you be sure that striped T. dubia is not virussed Janis?