Tulipa 2010

[cohan]

beautiful tulips!
hans--cretica is perfect!
mcmark--glad your freeze wasn't fatal--i was hopeful for you, as some of those tulips can be grown here, and -9C(overnight) is nice spring weather for us of course early emergence is always tricky...

[Boyed]

tulips now in flower
biflora - native Armenian form, very miniature
kaufmanniana 'Sijanie' (Botschantseva)
kaufmanniana 'Tukuma Sonata' (I. Kalnins)

[Boyed]

kaufmanniana 'Solanus'
kaufmanniana 'Duplosa' (I don't like double tulips, just grow for my visitors to show diversity)

[Boyed]

Kind request to Luit;

Dear Luit, would you, please, show this photos to one of your known tulip specialists to find out what kind of disease it could be.

I observed this abnormality on some of my tulips. At the start of development they have healthy leaves, but during the time of budding all of a sudden the leaves become marbled with somewhat yellowish dots, getting more prominent as the leaves mature. First, when I observed this anomaly, I thought that it might be physiological irregularity, but my tests show that these varieties shows these symptoms every year). Now I think that it might be a disease of viral origin. First time I observed it on tulip 'Purissima', bought 20 years ago from Sochi (Russia), later I obtained a healthy Dutch stock and trashed the old suspicious stock.

This is my foteriana 'Holland National' with the symptoms of this abnormality and greigii 'Longfellow with normal healthy leaves to compare.

[Ragged Robin]

tulips now in flower
biflora - native Armenian form, very miniature
kaufmanniana 'Sijanie' (Botschantseva)
kaufmanniana 'Tukuma Sonata' (I. Kalnins)

What a trio - I just love this set of tulips 

Thanks for sharing them all, Zhirair

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great pix everyone.
Here's some starting to flower for me (Janis might recognize some ...  )

1 & 2 : Tulipa dubia beldersai
3 & 4 : Tulipa vvedenskyi x mogoltavica "Girlfriend" - a flower that changes amazingly during flowering (will try to show some more in the next few days)

5) Tulipa vvedenskyi x berkariense "Morning Star" - funny how one half of the group is a lot further developped the the other half..

And a bit more common but quite attractive too :
6) and 7) Tulipa humilis "Persian Pearl"

[TheOnionMan]

Nice series Luc.  I'm not familiar with T. dubia beldersai, always good to meet a new dwarf tulip!  Thanks for showing the T. vvedenskyi hybrid named Girlfriend (you say, more photos to come... I'm waiting )... I like the "in bud" photo, leaves show a definite vvedenskyi influence with the undulate edge, and the flower nestled right down in the foliage.  Morning Star is unique with the charcoal color "bloom" on the outside of the petals, nice.  And who doesn't love T. humilis cultivars, such perfect miniatures.

After 5 days of rain and clouds, the sun came out today and it got very warm, and things were popping.  My first tulip in bloom is T. bifloriformis.  It is shown next to Crocus malyi 'Sveti Roc' which is looking rather good in its second week and after all the rain, but it is useful to gauge the scale of the Tulipa species against the much large flowers of the crocus ... this is a small tulip indeed.  Also included are two photos of T. polychroma in bud, ready to pop in a day or two.  Supposed to be sunny and hit 80 F (27 C) tomorrow.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for your comments Mc Mark - I'm also a big fan of the tulips with special leaf forms !!

I like your bifloriformis too - it's unusual to see a crocus flower bigger than a tulip...
I'm sure you have a lot more fireworks coming up for us ! 

[Janis Ruksans]

Great pix everyone.
Here's some starting to flower for me (Janis might recognize some ...  )

1 & 2 : Tulipa dubia beldersai
3 & 4 : Tulipa vvedenskyi x mogoltavica "Girlfriend" - a flower that changes amazingly during flowering (will try to show some more in the next few days)

5) Tulipa vvedenskyi x berkariense "Morning Star" - funny how one half of the group is a lot further developped the the other half..

And a bit more common but quite attractive too :
6) and 7) Tulipa humilis "Persian Pearl"

Excellent leaf color of T. dubia Beldersai - almost as in nature. Never so dark with me.

[Janis Ruksans]

Shortly ago I posted Tulip sp. from bifloriformis/turkestanica group collected at Oudzhasai, not far from Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Now flowers other tulip from same acquisition - more typical. In addition double kaufmanniana selected from seedlings by Latvian breeder Juris Egle and named by him 'Pārsteigums' (Surprise). Nice, Zhirair? Oh, forgot that you don't like doubles...
Janis

[Lvandelft]

Kind request to Luit;

Dear Luit, would you, please, show this photos to one of your known tulip specialists to find out what kind of disease it could be.

I observed this abnormality on some of my tulips. At the start of development they have healthy leaves, but during the time of budding all of a sudden the leaves become marbled with somewhat yellowish dots, getting more prominent as the leaves mature. First, when I observed this anomaly, I thought that it might be physiological irregularity, but my tests show that these varieties shows these symptoms every year). Now I think that it might be a disease of viral origin. First time I observed it on tulip 'Purissima', bought 20 years ago from Sochi (Russia), later I obtained a healthy Dutch stock and trashed the old suspicious stock.

This is my foteriana 'Holland National' with the symptoms of this abnormality and greigii 'Longfellow with normal healthy leaves to compare.

Zhirair, are you really sure that the bulbs (under the skin) were not affected by some spores of Penicillium of Bothrytis cinerea?

[Boyed]

Luit,
Bulbs were certainly not affected by any fungus. I observed this irregularity on some varieties. Some after were thrown or given to some of our neighbours and every year in their garden they show the same symptoms though develop and bloom very well and make large bulbs.

Janis,
You sent me 'Pārsteigums' few years ago. I kept it one year and then  gave it to one of my bulb fellows as I don't that much appriciate double tulips. But among my visitors the double kaufmannianas are the most popular.

[Boyed]

Just want to show some tulips bred in Crimea (Ukraine) by current curator of tulip collection of Nikita Botanic Garden L.M. Aleksandrova. She bread over 200 tulip cultivars; the goal is raising long lasting cultivars withstanding the hot and dry climate of Crimea. The pictures are taken at the local annual exhibition, taking place in May at the Botanic Garden.  The most popular tulip over last years is Single Late (Breeder) 'Banushkiny Skazki ('Garandmother's Fairytales'), making a big splash and catching by its unique unusual colour (browinsh with lavender overlay). It is also special for its long lasting qualities (blooming for 24 days in hot climate). There is always a high demand for this tulip among local customers.

[Janis Ruksans]

Tulipa hissarica is one of the earliest blooming tulips in garden, quite often with up to 4 flowers from bulb. In wild in Tadjikistan
Tulipa orthopoda is dwarf and by me one of best from bifloriformis/turkestanica group. Can be up to 4 flowers on stem. In wild in Kara-tau mnt.
Tulipa kaufmanniana from Pskem valley in Uzbekistan, tallest of kaufmannianas.
Janis

[Ragged Robin]

I love these wild tulips with their clean cut shapes and elegant colours