Tulipa 2010

[Ragged Robin]

Janis, such lovely wild tulips but your Tulipa regelii is exceptional - the pleated look of ridging on the leaves is just amazing and displays the flowers like waterlilies.

[ArnoldT]

Tulipa urumiensis (2 views)
Tulipa clusiana

Arnold
New Jersey
 

[ashley]

All very beautiful.  Janis, is T. regelii in cultivation seed-grown or clonal?

[Janis Ruksans]

All very beautiful.  Janis, is T. regelii in cultivation seed-grown or clonal?

All are seed grown, but rarely some ofsets are formed. Seeds germinate but not every year. Most difficult to grow up seedlings to flowering size. Usually 1 flower per stem, rarely 2 flowers, very rarely 3.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Some more tulips.
I have several Tulipa hissarica stocks. The best is from Kandara (best shape of flower), almost equal is from Hodji-obi-Garm (most undulated leaves, up to 4 flowers on stem). Here picture of Kandara stock.
Excellent is Tulipa humilis white form. In cultivation are distributed Dutch raised clone of unknown locality and I think that I read somewhere that albinos not more found in wild. Great was my surprise when between my gatherings in Iran appeared this white  T. humilis. Really very similar to Dutch but with more rounded wider flower segments and dark filaments (in Dutch form filaments are light. You can compare both on those pictures (Dutch form on picture with two flowers)
Next is Tulipa koktebelica from Azov steppe in Ukraina - another allie of T. biflora
and as last one more of T. turkestanica/bifloriformis family - from Oudzhasai, Uzbekistan - very dwarf, compact, multiflowering.
Janis

[Lesley Cox]

At work on Saturday and following the dreadful events in Kirghizstan, my colleagues said "Where on earth is that?" as I suspect most NZers would. I, very smug, was able to say "It's where Tulipa dasystemon comes from." Needless to say that produced even more looks of total bewilderment.

And my seedlings (from Ashley's seed) of Iris attica come from the Azov Steppe, mentioned immediately above. The Forum is one great geography lesson.

[Maggi Young]

At work on Saturday and following the dreadful events in Kirghizstan, my colleagues said "Where on earth is that?" as I suspect most NZers would. I, very smug, was able to say "It's where Tulipa dasystemon comes from." Needless to say that produced even more looks of total bewilderment.

And my seedlings (from Ashley's seed) of Iris attica come from the Azov Steppe, mentioned immediately above. The Forum is one great geography lesson.

It is indeed, Lesley and as these horrible events take place, from natural disasters to bombings in Moscow and who knows what next, or where.... there is a new immediacy to the News that is much heightened by the thought of SRGC Friends and Forumists in those places.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes indeed Maggi. I admit my first thought on hearing about the aircrash at Smolensk, wasn't about the Polish President, but for Ewelina from whom we hear very little lately. I hope all is well with her and her family.

[cohan]

At work on Saturday and following the dreadful events in Kirghizstan, my colleagues said "Where on earth is that?" as I suspect most NZers would. I, very smug, was able to say "It's where Tulipa dasystemon comes from." Needless to say that produced even more looks of total bewilderment.

And my seedlings (from Ashley's seed) of Iris attica come from the Azov Steppe, mentioned immediately above. The Forum is one great geography lesson.

It is indeed, Lesley and as these horrible events take place, from natural disasters to bombings in Moscow and who knows what next, or where.... there is a new immediacy to the News that is much heightened by the thought of SRGC Friends and Forumists in those places.

in fact, a lesson in humanity-making  distant places seem more real and imaginable, populated with kindred spirtis!

btw, beautiful species tulips all!!

[Janis Ruksans]

At work on Saturday and following the dreadful events in Kirghizstan, my colleagues said "Where on earth is that?" as I suspect most NZers would. I, very smug, was able to say "It's where Tulipa dasystemon comes from." Needless to say that produced even more looks of total bewilderment.

And my seedlings (from Ashley's seed) of Iris attica come from the Azov Steppe, mentioned immediately above. The Forum is one great geography lesson.

It is indeed, Lesley and as these horrible events take place, from natural disasters to bombings in Moscow and who knows what next, or where.... there is a new immediacy to the News that is much heightened by the thought of SRGC Friends and Forumists in those places.

I sent several mails with subport words to my friends in Bishkek and no reply got. So really I'm in trouble - what happens there. They are botanists, may be out of problems...
Janis

[Maggi Young]

A very frightening situation, Janis.... we can only hope for the best.

[Onion]

My "friends" answered rapidly. They have a nursery near Bishkek. It was not so dramatic that the medias show. They send today a mail, that all their plants arrived healthy and in good conditions.

[Maggi Young]

It is hard to know how accurate or exagerated news reports are, is it not?.... I'm glad  your contacts are safe and well, Uli.

[Janis Ruksans]

One more picture of Tulip from Oudzhasai in Uzbekistan and very interesting
Tulipa sp. from Czug pass in Turkey. There are no one yellow flowering with hairy at base filaments and yellow flowers uin Flora of Turkey. It is not individual plant - all specimens there are with yellow flowers. Second picture maid in wild.
Janis

[Ragged Robin]

A dramatic tulip in every way Janis - is it a one off?