Tulipa gesneriana

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Tulipa gesneriana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tulipa gesneriana, Linn. Common Garden or Late Tulips. Figs: 3862, 3864, 3865, and others. Height 6-24 in.: st. erect: lvs. 3-4 or more, lower lorate-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, often undulated, glaucous, pubescence variable: peduncle erect: perianth campanulate, 1 – 2 1/2 in. long, inodorous, bright red or varicolored, when bright red with only an obscure basal blotch, which is usually yellow but may be dark or even blackish or mixed, sometimes white; segms. all obovate-oblong, obtuse, broadly rounded at apex, often with a small cusp in the center; filaments glabrous, flattened; ovary prismatic; stigmas large and usually crisped. Origin uncertain. Intro. from the Turkish gardens in 1554. Long since hybridized and cult. out of all semblance to any wild forms. Supposed original form (Baker) in B.M. 6439 (as T. Schrenki). Darwin tulips (Fig. 3871) are a strain of long-stemmed late self-colored tulips. Var. Dracontia, Baker. Parrot Tulip. Fig. 3870. Similar in habit: perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotched; segms. deeply cleft and laciniately dentate. F.S. 21:2211 (as T. turcica). Var. spathulata, Hort. (T. spathulata, Bertol.). This differs from the type in its larger fls. of a brilliant red color with a large purplish black blotch at the base of each of the segms. Italy.—Probably the largest of the wild tulips. Var. Strangewaysiana, Hort. Very large brilliant dark scarlet fls., with a handsome dark basal blotch. One of the naturalized tulips found without disposition to vary in fields near Florence, Italy. F. 1881:65. Var. albo-oculata, Krelage. Deep campanulate fl., with a slight sweetish mawkish odor, bright red, with a distinct white basal blotch; inner segms. obtuse, outer acute; filaments white. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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