On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:22:35 +0000, Paul Rix
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Higgs Boson;944300 Wrote:
On Dec 14, 4:01*pm, "David E. Ross" wrote:-
On 12/14/11 2:44 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
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Both the flower and leaves appear to be from a "Dutch" tulip. *Don't
bother planting it in the ground. *Where you live (coastal southern
California), tulips are treated as annuals. *They are perennial only
where there is snow in the winter. *Even where I live (inland southern
California), we don't get enough winter chill for the classic Dutch
tulip..

If you really want tulips in your garden, try lady tulips (Tulipa
clausiana). *It does not require winter chill.-

Thanks, David. I haven't the faintest idea where this came from.
I've never had tulips. In fact I have near zero experience with
bulbs.
(It is a bulb?) So just let this bloom? And then? Wikipedia's
article seems to (sort of) suggest that if the plant undergoes
"vernalization" it might bloom again.

HB

Hi,
Well, it is definitly a tulip, but I think it is one of the 'new
hybrids' between the many species tulips.
Yours isn't a 'dutch' tulip, these grow a foot or more high with one
flower per stem. Contrary to popular mythe they do not need frost to
grow and/or flower. It is true, commercial cut flower producers chill
the bulbs down to 38f for a few weeks prior to planting in green houses
at 70 degrees to 'force' them into flower.
Back to your plant, Plant it in an alpine bed, if you have a spot
shaded from the strongest of the sun then it should be fine.
Remove the individual flowers as soon as they have 'gone over' don't
wait for all the petals to drop. It may flower again next year, you
should end up with a small clump of bulbs, leave them for three years,
then lift and split them after flowering, as the leaves begin to die
off. Then replant them.
I think I have seen the one in the picture being sold as 'Fangio' or
'Fandango', but there are so many of them, but it is certainly one of
the species types being multi flowered on a single stem, equally it is a
hybrid.
Many of these will thrive in an alpine setting, even in your climate.
All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]

There's really nothing particularly "Dutch" about tulips, only that
there happen to be many tulip nurserys in the Netherlands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip