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Thursday 17 September 2015

FFF200 - RED TULIP

The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted and which belongs to the family Liliaceae. The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, North to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China.
The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a typical element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, as potted plants, or as cut flowers.

Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 10 cm and 71 cm high. The tulip's large flowers usually bloom on scapes with leaves in a rosette at ground level and a single flowering stalk arising from amongst the leaves.Tulip stems have few leaves. Larger species tend to have multiple leaves. Plants typically have two to six leaves, some species up to 12. The tulip's leaf is strap-shaped, with a waxy coating, and the leaves are alternately arranged on the stem; these fleshy blades are often bluish green in colour.

Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, but a few species bear multiple flowers on their scapes (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica). The generally cup or star-shaped tulip flower has three petals and three sepals, which are often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. These six tepals are often marked on the interior surface near the bases with darker colourings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colours, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue).


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16 comments:

  1. I love tulips in each colour.... Wonderful. And I see it`s dificult to photograph this red one. I know this at my captures, when something is red.

    Thank you for your lovely comment and thank you too for hosting. :)

    Cheers, Heidrun

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  2. Have you ever seen the back tulip (kind of strange idea!) or the one that kind of looks partly like a hyacinth (a new hybrid) - looks nothing like the original tulip. What my in-law told me is that that when food was very scarce in the winter of 44 (WWII) people started eating the tulip bulbs they had planted.

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  3. I've learned that the key to growing tulips is to let them have a very dry summer, no water if possible, and good drainage. Then they come back!

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  4. Hello,
    tulips are my favorit flowers, they are so colorful!
    My best wishes for the 200. floral friday flowers ♥
    Have a nice weekend,
    moni

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  5. Dear Nick,
    What a glorious bloom of tulip. It reminds me of the beautiful spring time in May. The red of the flower is unique, you have it photographed beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
    Concratulation for the 200. floral flowers.
    Have a lucky Weekend !
    Carmen

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  6. Tulips are my favorite flowers of spring!

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  7. Congratulations on the 200th flower. That's an impressive number, so I am sending you today (pink) a rose, as Moni (reflection blog). Because yes fits today then also a bit the song of Hildegard Knef, easily converted ... "For you it should rain red roses, you shall all wonders encounter ..."

    best regards
    Anne

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  8. Beautiful! Tulips are one of my favorite flowers.

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  9. Nick, this tulip has pop. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. I love tulips - every spring I fall in love again :))

    Greetings Marion

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  11. I love tulips and the color red.
    A beautiful photo.
    Thank-you

    Best regards from Germany
    Traudi

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  12. Dear Nick,
    I love tulips.....thanks for showing
    So I don`t have to wait till we have spring here.
    Have a nice weekend
    Jen

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  13. It's amazing! We have autumn. Greetings, Nicole

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  14. Beautiful flower !!
    Greetings

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