HYBRIDS - Cultivars provide a wide range of flower types and colors and plant heights.
Tulipa hybrids and cultivarsflower in mid to late spring (April/May) for 2 weeks (per cultivar) and plants range from 6-24 inches tall.
Natural reproductive systems and growth and development requirements: Tulipa hybrids reproduce by annual bulb replacement and requires a warm (60 to 70F) - cool (28 to 32F) - warm (50 to 60) annual thermoperiodic cycle.
Tulipa is a genus in the Liliaceae family from Europe, western Asia to central Asia and North Africa.
Dwarf Tulipa was the topic of the week for the PBS list in February 2004.
Information and pictures of a specifc species or hybrid cultivar can be found by looking on the wiki Tulipa pages or by clicking on the specific link in the table below.
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Tulipa tarda has flowers that are very bright yellow, white at the tips of the petals and back along the sides for some distance.
Tulipa biflora is a miniature tulip bearing 2 or 3 yellow-centred white flowers on each flowering stem.
Tulipa x saxatilis (Bakeri Group) 'Lilac Wonder' is a delightful sight in April, with a flower that has its outer segments rose-purple and its inner ones lighter mauve.
Tulipa Modřanská rokle - V přírodě hned, v centru za chvíli
Moderní rezidenční komplex Tulipa Modřanská rokle se nachází v nejatraktivnější části Modřan, v těsném sousedství třetího největšího přírodního parku v Praze.
Byty projektu Tulipa Modřanská rokle prodává realitní společnost Lexxus.
> >Tulipa undulatifolia >http://home.no.net/alpenpix/board/board.php?action=readandid_board=040220161840 >Tulipa neustreuvae >http://home.no.net/alpenpix/board/board.php?action=readandid_board=040223004210 > >The first species is available from Hoog and Dix wholesale, but maybe we >could convince Paige Woodward or Russell Stafford to import this beauty through >their nursery channels if there were enough interested buyers of a few bulbs >each.
Tulipa >>saxatilis puts up foliage in the fall; the foliage is >>severely damaged in a typical winter.
If I had to draw a >conclusion from the experience of others, it would be that Tulipa species are >quite satisfactory in colder climates, and to a slightly lesser extent in >warmer climates, but in all cases, they seem desirable and rewarding to those who >grow them.
Another species tulip, Tulipa linifolia is native to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
On Thursday last week, David Tarrant and I were talking about how interesting it would be to travel to the Caucasus and Pamir Mountains to see the flora.
Posted by: Beverley at July 2, 2006 08:07 AM I took a lesser picture, but with better color, at least of the plants I have, here.
Three-dimensional cutaway reconstruction of the flower of Tulipa sp..
Although high-resolution X-ray CT detects little contrast beyond that between void spaces and tissue, it provides an exact 3D image of the gross morphology of the flower.
DigiMorph Staff, 2002, "Tulipa sp." (On-line), Digital Morphology.
This tulip, photographed here against the sun appears to be bright scarlet, but in normal reflected light resembles its common name -Black Tulip.
(Note that the scarlet flower with yellow inside is considered by botanists to be a distinct species, Tulipa agenensis).
The cup or the solitary head, has 6 oval petals with pointed tips, the fl basal blotch on each petal being only slightly bordered by yellow; stamens thick and sturdy, with bright yellow polen borne on dark red oblong anthers; stigmas creamy, conspicuous on top of the ovary.
To think I had the occasion, back in '71, to hike up the slopes of Mt. Ida in Crete and possibly witness a stand of Tulipa saxatilis in its native habitat.
But in those days all I knew -- or cared -- about plants was that the ouzo that gave me the kick for dancing was laced with the taste of anise.
With a little pressure of the thumb and forefinger applied to the foliage, the tulipa makes an ingenious earwig death trap.
431x644 (~57Kb) Tulipa patens Agardh ex Schultes ex Schultes fil., ranges in steppes from South Russia to Altai.
It was found in "steppe islands" on steep southern rocky slopes of the Berd' River bank draining a woody elevation of Salairskii Kryazh, being a NW extreme of the Altai-Sayan Mountain System.
Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies.