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528. Tulipa binutans
Another species from bifloriformis/turkestanica group but smaller in size. Its buttons
and seedpods is down looking but open flowers up-turned - for that its name “twice
down looking tulip”. 8.00
529. Tulipa butkowii
Extremely rare and even may be cultivated only by me. It is that charming bright red
tulip for which I crossed crazy river by steel rope (see pictures in “Buried Treasures”).
Height 30-35 cm. 12.00
530. Tulipa carinata
In overall appearance similar and taxonomically close to T. fosteriana. It differs in
foliage, which is keeled and more upwards oriented. Flowers are of more orange shade
than usually in T. fosteriana seen. Collected very close to locus classicus – in heights
of Sina valley in SE Uzbekistan. 12.00
531. Tulipa celsiana
A beautiful plant with strongly curled, glossy, prostrate leaves and deep yellow,
outside carmine tinged flowers. Up to 20 cm tall, late flowering tulip. 8.00
532. Tulipa clusiana ‘MOUNTAINS PRIDE’
This is absolutely gorgeous form from Iran with up to 40 cm tall stem and large slightly
pinkish white flower with pointed petals. Back of outside petals deep purplish pink
edged white, inside white with large reddish purple shading to violet basal blotch.
Filaments are blackish purple, white at top, anthers deep purple, stigma almost white.
Bulbs naturally small. 12.00
533. Tulipa clusiana ‘TACO’
Most likely it is hybrid with yellow T. montana. Flowers outside is soft red with narrow
lemon yellow edge but when flowers open in sun they transforms to large cool
yellow stars with darker base and black anthers. 5.00
534. Tulipa dasystemon Kashka-Su
The stock comes from very high altitude where it flowers in late May. The late flowering
habit is maintained in garden here as well, where it flowers with golden yellow
flowers few weeks after a traditional Dutch stock has finished. It is dwarf and has grey
green leaves. 7.00
535. Tulipa dubia ‘BELDERSAI’
True species, very different from Dutch grown stock. Dwarf with 2-3 wide, slightly
undulated, greyish, sometimes almost purple leaves and usually yellow with red suffused
back of petals flowers, but can be red, orange and even yellow-red striped. From
slopes of Beldersai valley, near Mt. Chimgan. 3.00
536. Tulipa eichlerii
Flowers large, brilliant scarlet red, leaves greyish green, undulated. Our stock is raised
from seeds of unknown origin and is slightly variable. 8.00
537. Tulipa ferganica
Flowers with pointed tips bright purest yellow only on outside something pinkish
shaded on 20-25 cm tall stem. Leaves keeled, plain green, sometimes waved. I suppose
that available only from me. 5.00
538. Tulipa fosteriana x ‘ACADEMICIAN SACHAROV’ (sin. ‘Top Red’)
Superb hybrid raised by me from cross between T. fosteriana and T. greigii, it looks as
polyploid form – has very strong stem, unusually large (length of petals up to 18 cm!)
brightest deep red flower of T. greigii shape with shiny pure black base. Makes large
bulbs and perfectly increases vegetatively. 10.00
539. Tulipa fosteriana ‘MRS DAGNIA’
Most unusually coloured form of T. fosteriana with large, brightest red flowers, edge
of petals in upper third distinctly feathered orange-yellow. Collected by me in 1977 as
a single plant in Agalik valley, Seravschan mnt. 6.00
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