Tulipa 2010

[Janis Ruksans]

some tulip images for you

T. albertii: easy and reliable, makes this year a great show
T. clusiana 'Lady Jane': not as strong as last year -foliage suffered from late frosts
T. saxatilis: growing in my sunniest place. 4 flowers per stem - 1st. time for me.

Sorry, don't think that it is albertii. Albertii isn't easy, has different shape of flower, don't increase vegetatively (rarely some offset), Reply is late as only yesterday returned from mountains in Georgia.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

I bought this as Tulipa tshimganica last year

I baught the same, but it is not tschimganica and more than 50% turned virus infected. Check back of petals (red zone). True plant has brown ring at top of filaments.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Few tulips pictured just before my Georgian trip.
Tulipa dasystemon 9769 in silva, Sina, Uzbekistan
Tulipa graniticola, Azov steppe, Ukraina
Tulipa hewerii - Afganistan
Tulipa humilis from Aadim in Turkey
Tulipa kurdica - from Willem van Eeden in Holland
Tulipa quercetorum from Ukraina (Crimea?)
Tulipa sp. WHIR-157 collected by me in Iran
Janis

[Michael J Campbell]

Tulipa Washington?

[Anthony Darby]

This is labelled Tulipa vvedenskyi, but surely not?

[TheOnionMan]

Few tulips pictured just before my Georgian trip.
Tulipa dasystemon 9769 in silva, Sina, Uzbekistan
Tulipa graniticola, Azov steppe, Ukraina
Tulipa hewerii - Afganistan
Tulipa humilis from Aadim in Turkey
Tulipa kurdica - from Willem van Eeden in Holland
Tulipa quercetorum from Ukraina (Crimea?)
Tulipa sp. WHIR-157 collected by me in Iran
Janis

Janis, all are wonderful, but Tulipa humilis from Aadim in Turkey is stunning, as is T. kurdica.

[Janis Ruksans]

This is labelled Tulipa vvedenskyi, but surely not?

Definitely not! Seems garden cultivar.
Janis

[Anthony Darby]

Janis, that is curious, as I don't buy garden cultivars.

[johnw]

I have to confess that I searched for Tulipa acuminata as I thought the flowers were a match for tulipieres. Here's the result, not a good photo though.  Thinking other tulips will work too - even some dayglow pinks.

johnw

[Armin]

Sorry, don't think that it is albertii. Albertii isn't easy, has different shape of flower, don't increase vegetatively (rarely some offset), Reply is late as only yesterday returned from mountains in Georgia.
Janis

Janis,
welcome back. What do you think is my T. albertii instead?
Attached images from 2009 showing it closer and more buds.
The tulips grow in my south sided rose bed in full sunshine and are left undisturbed for years.

[Lesley Cox]

Janis, that is curious, as I don't buy garden cultivars.

But maybe your supplier sells them? In mistake? Accidentally or deliberately???

[Janis Ruksans]

Sorry, don't think that it is albertii. Albertii isn't easy, has different shape of flower, don't increase vegetatively (rarely some offset), Reply is late as only yesterday returned from mountains in Georgia.
Janis

Janis,
welcome back. What do you think is my T. albertii instead?
Attached images from 2009 showing it closer and more buds.
The tulips grow in my south sided rose bed in full sunshine and are left undisturbed for years.

It is some tulip clone distributed in Holland as T. albertii. T. albertii is close to greigii, but with plain green leaves. I had it very long time ago, but soon lost. What is this Dutch. I don't know. I baught it few years ago but it was 100% virus infected, so I didn't check its name. Just recently as T. eichleri I baught some Darvin Hybride tulip cultivar.
Janis

[Otto Fauser]

I have to confess that I searched for Tulipa acuminata as I thought the flowers were a match for tulipieres. Here's the result, not a good photo though.  Thinking other tulips will work too - even some dayglow pinks.

johnw

John , did you take this photo in your own home ? I'm intrigued by the most unusual vase and even more by the lithograph . Could you please post a photo of the entire picture - many thanks ,

     Otto.

[Maggi Young]

Aha! Otto, you and I are on the same wavelength... I was most interested to learn more about the lithograph , too!!

[johnw]

Otto / Maggi - Quite off topic, it's a woodblock print and a really big one; the artist is Naoko Matsubara.  She did this one of Shankar (with a bit more detail) especially for a friend, I bought it from her estate several years ago.

The majolica tulipière was done by a gardener/ceramicist friend.   I got it about 35 years ago. He does some great tulipières including a few on this site.  

http://dcl.umn.edu/dcl/show_details?page=2&search=s%3Df_search_cache_title%2Br_DESC%26per_page%3D60%26q%3Do_fand%2Bv_Walter_Ostrom%2Bf_search_cache_agent%26page%3D3

A good friend outbid me on a two-headed fish tulipière similar to this one -

http://dcl.umn.edu/dcl/show_details?page=3&search=s%3Df_search_cache_title%2Br_DESC%26per_page%3D60%26q%3Do_fand%2Bv_Walter_Ostrom%2Bf_search_cache_agent%26page%3D3

but at least I get to see it often. Here's another of his fish that I managed to snag, he has been trying to buy it back from me ever since! Great pity he has not done any more. Some great tortoises if you click his name.

johnw