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540. Tulipa fosteriana x ‘PAULINE’ (S-31-1/6)
Flowers bright orange red with large egg-shaped reddish black basal blotch with
yellow side edges on inner base. Anthers yellow, leaves nicely striped purple.
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541. Tulipa fosteriana ‘RED LIGHTHOUSE’ (K-5)
This beautiful tulip appeared between my open pollinated T. fosteriana seedlings but
by flower shape it something resembles garden cultivar and only brightest red colour
force me to keep it under this heading. It has at least 50% of fosteriana blood and is
very vigorous grower. 4.00
542. Tulipa greigii ‘EVENING FIRE’ (S-14-03)
This excellent form of Tulipa greigii was selected from material originally collected
in Berkara gorge in Kara-tau mountains. Flowers are very large, deep red with large
heart-shaped purplish black inner basal blotch. Leaves are with pale purple stripes
more prominent in upper half. 10.00
543. Tulipa greigii x ‘GOLDMINE’ (9/1)
Flowers dark yellow, inner base black with very wide dark red edge, leaves distinctly
undulated, purple striped. Raised from cross with T. vvedenskyi. 6.00
544. Tulipa greigii ‘MOUNTAINS GLORY’ (S-14-14)
Excellent selection from wild T. greigii growing in Berkara gorge. By style of opening
seems that some kaufmanniana blood included, but anthers didn’t coil. Flowers
outside violet pink with creamy edge on bottom 2/3 of petals length; inside bright red
with feathered yellow edge and large deep yellow bottom blotch ending with blackish
brown blotch up to half of petals length. 10.00
545. Tulipa hissarica
The earliest of tulips in my collection that flowers together with crocuses. Flowers are
yellow shaded greyish-orange outside, 1 – 4 per bulb on 5 – 10 cm long stem. Collected
near Hodji-obi-Garm, Tajikistan, where it grew in splits of bare rocks (RM-8259). 10.00
546. Tulipa humilis ‘ALBA’
Flowers white with a large steel-blue centre. Sweetly fragrant. 5.00
547. Tulipa iliense
Medium-sized yellow flowers with orange band on outside of outer tepals on slender
up to 30 cm high stem. From Ketmen range in E Kazakhstan. 10.00
548. Tulipa ingens
It is relative of T. fosteriana known only from a pair of localities near Uzbek and Tadjik
border by shape of flowers resembling T. fosteriana but with invariably brightest red
flowers and shining black basal inner base without any spot of yellow. I collected it in
Shing gorge from where Corydalis ruksansii comes. All offerings reported as „ingens”
from other localities or colours really are misidentified other red tulip species. 20.00
549. Tulipa kaufmanniana ‘DACITE’
Natural hybrid between T. kaufmanniana and T. greigii which I found near Ber-Kara
gorge in Karatau mountains and named by my elder daughter. Flowers with pointed
yellow petals and bright red midzone on outside. At inside base light brown edged red
blotch. Leaves slightly striped. 7.00
550. Tulipa kaufmanniana ‘LORD’S SUPER’ (‘Svētvakars’)
Natural hybrid between T. kaufmanniana and T. greigii from Ber-Kara gorge in
Karatau mountains, Kazakhstan. Flowers of unusual metallic violet red shade of
T. kaufmanniana type, leaves mottled. Flowers as the last of T. kaufmanniana, together
with the earliest T. greigii forms. Height 35 cm. 5.00
551. Tulipa kolpakowskiana
Medium tall tulip reaching some 40 cm with deep orange, big and elegant flowers
(reminding lily flowered tulips). From Chu-Ili mts. in Kazakhstan. 7.00