#giftoftulips

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Yellow & purple tulips R complementary colors & so pretty. Tulips is a Turkish word for spring blooming flowers from the Liliaceae family. While the tulip is most often associated with Holland it was 1st cultivated in Turkyie (proper spelling of the country’s name). It was introduce to Europe in 1550.

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A streak-like appearance of the flower was found 2 B caused by a virus. It was transferred by aphids to the plant & that weakened the plants. The government ban cultivation of infected tulips. So the tulips we see today R known as Rembrandt tulips. These tulips were bred to resemble the flower which fuelled “Tulip Mania”.

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What’s “Tulip Mania”? In the 17th century (approx 1634) Tulips became an exotic luxury & each sold 4 hundreds of dollars. The story is that the Dutch people mortgaged their houses & estates 2 invest in Tulips. The plan was 2 resell them 4 a higher price, hence “Tulip Mania”. The most rare & valuable tulip was a flame-like red & white streaked tulip, Semper Augustus. This tulip looks like it is striped. At the time 12 bulbs of this variety was the only bulbs available. Buyers thought they had a 1 of a kind plant. See other comments for more of the story.