Tulipa orphanidea

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Read about Tulipa orphanidea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tulipa hageri, Heldr. Height 6 in.: lvs. 4-5, lorate acute, not undulate: fls. chiefly red, about 2 in. across; perianth broad-campanulate, 1 1/4 in., inodorous; segms. acute, red, with a large, green or purple-black basal blotch margined with yellow; stamens purple-black; filaments linear, bearded at base; ovary narrowed at collar; stigmas small. Hills of Parnes range in Attica. B.M. 6242. F. 1877:169. Var. nitens, Hort. Wallace. Said to be much finer than the type: fls. 3 in. across, bright orange-red, the outer segms. flushed with gray and bronze, black at base. Asia Minor. Gn. 63, p. 372.


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