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Tulipa
greigii Regel (1873) is an irreplaceable species for the botanist
who is interested in the wild tulips. Of robust aspect, it presents
in its standard form a large and imposing red flower of which the particular
form evoking a widened top goblet. However, in spite of its extreme
beauty, this spontaneous form is much less widespread than the few hundreds
of extremely attractive domestic varieties which derive from. Unfortunaly,
from now on, the species joined Tulipa gesneriana (the traditionnal
tulip) in the absurd research for originality since start to appear
on the trade cultivars with double, fringed, or parrots flowers. |
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Thanks
to Marit & Hans Olaf Aanensen let us interest in what occurs in
the wild. |
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Thus,
having had the formidable chance to travel through Central Asia to discover
wild tulips, these two impassioned had the occasion to gather a very
beautiful collection of photographs of Tulipa greigii. Those
were taken in the south
of Kazakhstan. |
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"Thanks to its striated leaves, crimson marbled,
Tulipa greigii is easily identifiable for an amateur botanist. And
if we are actually accustomed to see him an enormous red flower, in
nature the variations in the colours are more complex and go well
beyond our most insane hopes! That, especially because it easily crosses
with Tulipa kaufmanniana."
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"First,
during our trekking, we found plants with entirely red or red and yellow
flowers. This, within an open plain located at altitude 500/600 m, whose
grounds are worked in order to cultivate grasses. Then, we also saw
specimens with multicoloured flowers in a valley located in the Aksu-Dzhabagly
reserve, to an altitude from 800 to 1100 m above the sea level." |
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Tulipa
greigii > click on picture to enlarge |
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"It
was very interesting to observe how much the colors can vary by this
species. We noticed in particular that, if along the river located at
the bottom of the valley, all the individuals of Tulipa greigii presented
red flowers, more we go up, more these last became two-tone (red/yellow).
Still higher, cream-coloured touched of white flowers appeared, certain
entirely cream. And finally, at the higher limit, we met entirely white
flowers." |
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"You
can see on one of our photographs that on the same small surface all
the colors are present. It is not absolutely fantastic ?" |
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Marit
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Marit
& Hans Olaf Aanensen, Norway |
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Contacts
: hoaan@online.no |
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The
tour was very well organised by Ian Green, Greentours, England : www.greentours.co.uk.
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