Tulipa 2010

[Gerdk]

Roland,
Thank you for quick reply! Venlo is not too far from here - before the EU
was realized my parents used to do a trip to this town in order to buy some
Dutch specialties.
Why not repeat this and look for a good fertilizer now! 

Gerd

[bulborum]

Hello Gerd

You can ask around for nice nurseries
there are a lot of good nurseries there
I know one of the best for Canna is just south of Venlo

Roland

[Lesley Cox]

I guess my own winter is cold enough for the tulips not to need extra chilling. I'm giving all my bulbs a high potassium fertilizer now, a sprinkle in their pots or in the garden when I plant them. I tried bonemeal this year as well. Unfortunately my little dog went looking for the bone in several places, so I've had to do a lot of replanting.

Rob, it seems the debate was won by Masterchef Australia.

[Hans A.]

Gerd, cacti-fertilizer may have a similar concentration, I am using a german product with 8-12-24. Did not use it with cacti so far. 

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa in flower now in our garden,
Tulipa saxatilis




The similar but less prolific, Tulipa bakeri,




Tulipa clusioides ssp aitchisonii now considered just a dwarf form of Tulipa clusiana.




Tulipa kaufmannii


Tulipa "The First"


Tulipa greigii




cheers
fermi

[Armin]

Fermi,
nice tulips images.
I'm impressed by your condense clump of T. saxatilis flowering so abundantly
It is stoloniferous and spreading quickly. Do you use a basket ?

T. clusioides ssp aitchisonii's color combination is very lovely. A great dwarf tulip.

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks, Armin,
no the Tulipa saxatilis is planted in a rocky bed with rock on 3 sides - it's creeping through the gaps where it can!
It's in full sun and has flowered well the last few years and the bed doesn't get watered in the summer unless it rains.
cheers
fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful show Fermi !

T. clusioides is my favourite too !!

[Armin]

Fermi,
I've tried to count the numerous flowers and buds! Hundred and more Realy amazing! Wow!
You have a lucky hand
Congratulation!

[fermi de Sousa]

I've tried to count the numerous flowers and buds! Hundred and more Realy amazing! Wow!
You have a lucky hand

Thanks, Armin, yes, I'm lucky that the climate suits these ones quite well (T.turkestanica however is another story!)
I counted the open flowers yesterday on this clump of Tulipa saxatilis and came up with over 150!



Otto says when he visited he found one stem with 10 buds on it!

Other tulips, Tulipa aucheriana


This we got as Tulipa whittalii but I believe it's now considered part of the T. orphadiea complex!




This is Tulipa vvedenskyi with red pollen




and this is Tulipa albertii with yellow pollen which maybe the only difference as some authorities include them as one species (we had much discussion last year!) but this one also increases much more.


cheers
fermi

[Otto Fauser]

Fermi , your patch of T. saxatilis is the most freeflowering one I have seen . It does not like my climate , whereas T bakeri flowers every year abundantly .
A picture of T tschimganica in my garden yesterday - a bit too much for my taste , maybe you like it better .

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Amazing tulips Otto and Fermi ! !   
6 months to go before we see ours ! 

[fermi de Sousa]

I realised that I'd neglected to post the rest of the tulip pics for this season, so will have to do so now!
The patch of Tulipa albertii




Tulipa kolpakowskiana fergana group


Tulipa vvedenskyi hybrid from Janis via Marcus Harvey in Tasmania,


Tulipa chrysantha "Tubergen's Gem" (aka Tulipa clusiana v chrysantha)


Tulipa clusiana


"Cynthia" The cross between the previous two


Tulipa hageri (maybe!) 'Little Princess' see Armin's reply below


cheers
fermi

[Armin]

Fermi,
you have a nice tulip collection. It seemed being a quite warm sunny day when you took the pictures as the tulips unfolded their flower pedals wide.
T. clusiana is one of the nicest wild tulips in my eyes. I like the peculiar color combination.

To me the last image looks a bit more cv. T. hageri 'Little Princess' due its more orange appearance to the wild forms of T. hageri.
But both look so similar on images that I can't take away your questionmark.

The same is valid for the nice clump T. albertii of commercial trade. You might remember according to Janis note the 'true' gem looks different.

[Arykana]

Fermi, your tulips are amazing - seems I have to get more bulbs