Tulipa 2010

[Lvandelft]

Luit,
I know that it must sound odd to a Dutchman to read "Tulips from Belgium"    - but at least they GROW here... 

   

[David Nicholson]

Lovely display Luc.

[Onion]

Thank you all for the information.

Hope to see more "Tulips from Belgium" and a lot more "Dutch Tulips". Hope to see my first tulips at Easter. 

[Boyed]

Some Z.P. Botschantseva's extra early kaufmanniana tulips (selections from wild) are now in bloom: Sijanie ('shining') and 'Utro' ('morning'). They just opened yesterday. Hope in few days they will become more decorative. These varieties were thought to be lost forever, but ....

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They look gorgeous Zhirair !
The short stalks make them look even more attractive to me !! 
 

[Sinchets]

Are you the one who found them again, Zhirair?
Flowering here now T.kaufmanniana 'Sunrise' (Voshod Solntsa)
and new for us this year T.biebersteiniana.

[Armin]

Nice Tulips Zihair!
Like the Sijanie. It has nice outer pedals markings.

Simon,
T. biebersteiniana is lovely and early. It resembles a bit T. sylvestris...

My first tulip this year T. kaufmannia 'Corona'.

[TheOnionMan]

Are you the one who found them again, Zhirair?
Flowering here now T.kaufmanniana 'Sunrise' (Voshod Solntsa)
and new for us this year T.biebersteiniana.

Simon, does T. biebersteiniana always have 8 petals, or is it just an anomelous flower?  It is a pretty one.  It does look like T. sylvestris, one that was given to me years ago, but all that one ever does is spread and make lots of leaves, had 1 flower in the last 6 years or so.

[Sinchets]

It is the first year I have had it, so the 8 petals were a bit of a surprise- I can only assume it will settle down next year. Janis' catalogue says it is a close ally of T.sylvestris from the Caucasus. I have T.sylvestris in bud at the moment. The leaves of this are wider and the buds are laying down on the ground just now, whereas T.biebersteiniana kept its bud low and pendent, but not to the point of inviting questions as to its sobriety 
That's a lovely bright kaufmanniana, Armin.

[johnw]

re: Tulipa acuminata

Is this Tulipa usually viral?  After years of searching I got a dozen from a very reputable nurseryman last year.  I realize some of these bizarre ones are  bizarre due to virus however these are blatantly viral with streaked leaves and some twisted leaves, not just beautifully streaked flowers as one expects.  Can it live with the virus and if normal has it done so for all these years since its introduction?

johnw

[Lvandelft]

In the glasshouses of Keukenhof (Lisse) I saw this funny tulip:

Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Leo

[Gail]

Amazing Luit - it looks as though it is on fire!

[TheOnionMan]

In the glasshouses of Keukenhof (Lisse) I saw this funny tulip:

Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Leo

Hmmm, doesn't really improve on the classic shape and form of tulip blossoms, but I suppose it depends on one's taste
Color is bright, but the diced up petals are a distraction in my opinion, the second one is reminscent of a filigree-petalled Dianthus or Papaver

[Lvandelft]

Mark, I would not buy it myself.
For me the Triumph tulips have the flower form I like most in tulips.
here is a newer one:

Tulipa  Triumph Gr. Red Bull                           

and a few Darwin Hybr.:
                         
Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Cosmopolitan 1                         
                   
Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Candy Apple Delight 1       

[TheOnionMan]

Mark, I would not buy it myself.
For me the Triumph tulips have the flower form I like most in tulips.
here is a newer one:

Tulipa  Triumph Gr. Red Bull                           

and a few Darwin Hybr.:
                         
Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Cosmopolitan 1                         
                   
Tulipa Darw. Hybr. Gr. Candy Apple Delight 1       

YES!!!    That's the eye-candy I'd rather see... all are gorgeous elegant tulips, thanks for sharing.