Tulips 2012

[Hans A.]

First time for me, the dark colored Tulipa Cypria blooming today.

Fantastic colour! - is this species always as dark as in your picture?
Sad it is endangered due construction (as so many other local mediterranean species).

[Oron Peri]

Fantastic colour! - is this species always as dark as in your picture?

Hi Hans
Yes it has a dark, deep wine color different from any other tulip species.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A beautiful tulip Oron !!  Fantastic !
How tall is it in flower ??


I had Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Nessy' in flower today.

[ronm]

Now, they are very nice Luc. 

[Boyed]

Luc,

'Nessy' is very beautiful. I especially like its bright colourful base.

[Oron Peri]

A beautiful tulip Oron !!  Fantastic !
How tall is it in flower ??

Luc,
This one is  about 25cm but can be up to 40.

[Paul T]

Some beauties in here everyone.  Thanks.

The Tulipa regelii i is certainly different, isn't it?  That leaf is amazing!!  And i just love the albocaerulea oculata.... are they as cool in person as they are in the pictures?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Another one opened for me today ! 

Tulipa berkariense

Sorry the third picture is blurry, but it shows the height (?) of the plant - barely 8 cm 

[Maggi Young]

Very cute at that size, Luc.
Found some references to that plant, which I thought  rang a bell....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/shows/stirling/2009.pdf

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4955.msg149234#msg149234

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zxM04NdekTEYd8O2OWLL1Q from GotBotGdn

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Maggi !!! 

[ronm]

Some very interesting pictures on those threads. Thank you Maggi

[mark smyth]

Tulipa berkariense and Nessy are very desirable.

In my garden T. sogdiana is now open

[Janis Ruksans]

So it's not too reluctant from seed? That's good to hear.

T. regelii set seeds very well and they germinate perfectly, not so great percentage reach blooming size here, but I'm satisfide. Nice to see that now it is quite widely grown.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Tulipa turkestanica aff. 311-2 from Tadjikistan is very compact en opened it's flowers for the first time today !  

It is Tulipa subbiflora!!!
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

A beautiful tulip Oron !!  Fantastic !
How tall is it in flower ??


I had Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Nessy' in flower today.

Nice to see tulip cultivar raised by me in 80' so nice. It think you got ir from Augis? I lost it many years ago due rodents and replaced just from Augis 2 years ago. He kept this beauty through years. Originally it was named for my girlfriend Nelly, but when she left me I renamed it...
Janis