Tulipmania Art Journal
A collection of remarkable facts about tulips
There are tulips that have more than one flower per stem
Although the classical image of the tulip most of us picture is a single flower crowning the top of the stem, it is not uncommon for tulips to produce more than one flower on the same stem.
Such tulips are called multi-headed or bouquet-flowering tulips and although they do have a single main stem growing from the bulb, this main stem branches out into several smaller secondary stems, each producing a blossom. This way one single tulip stalk may work as a bouquet on its own, featuring a cluster of 3 to 6 full-sized flowers blooming at once.
There are vases especially designed for holding tulips
Tulips have mesmerised people for centuries in different countries around the world and it was…
It takes 6 years to grow a tulip from a seed
Even though we are used to perceiving tulips as bulbous plants, they can also propagate…
A stylised tulip, enciphering the word “Allah”, represents the national emblem of Iran and is featured on the Iranian flag
Originating from Persia and being called “laleh” – “Flower of God” in Persian, in spite…
The most praised Turkish tulips, unlike the tulips sought after by the Dutch during tulip mania, had elongated and pointed, almost dagger-shaped petals.
It is curious how the standards by which a flower’s beauty is appreciated may differ…
