Triumph Tulips
by Cynthia Wolfe
Title
Triumph Tulips
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Cynthia Wolfe
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Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 4 inches (10 cm) and 28 inches (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 color. 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 colorings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colors, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue).[4][5]
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March 7th, 2017
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Comments (7)
Deb Halloran
Cynthia, I love tulips and this is such a gorgeous image with beautiful light and colors. Nicely done. v/f
Stephanie Moore
How beautiful, Cynthia - I just noticed that ours are just starting to come out of the ground - it is supposed to go down to minus 19 by Friday, so the poor things won't last long! f/v