Jim, I can assure you the the real thing T clusiana f. clusiana is now commercially available and doing extremely well here in our garden just look at http://bulbargence.com/m_catalogue/article.php/… =18646&val= Greetings -- Lauw de Jager Bulb'Argence South of France (zone 9, olive trees) Site http://www.bulbargence.com/ Le 19/04/09 2:09, « Adam Fikso » <adam14113@ameritech.net> a écrit : > I don't know why, but the original Tulipa clusiana began to disappear from > commerce long ago - maybe as much as forty years ago. > > There are dealers who claim to be selling the "real thing" but so far I have > resisted that temptation.