Tulipa names
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 16 May 2011 08:19:49 PDT)

Hi,

One of my first bulb loves were tulips and even though I have to
refrigerate most of the ones I grow every year I still grow a number
of pots and every now and then buy a new one to try. Then I
experiment to see if under my conditions I can keep them going. A
couple of years ago I bought one named Tulipa humilis 'Red Cup'.
Although all the bulbs I ordered from this source looked healthy,
what I received didn't always turn out to look like the photo in the
catalog or to be what they were supposed to be. I am wondering if
this is instead Tulipa hageri 'Red Cup'. I have a few offsets to
offer to the BX and don't want to perpetuate the wrong name.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

Also I see on the Internet multiple spellings for:
Tulipa humilis 'Albocaerulea-oculata'
This is how it is spelled in the Wilford Tulip book.

Other variations are
Tulipa humilis 'Albo Coerulea Oculata'
Tulipa humilis 'Albocoerulea Oculata'
Tulipa pulchella var. albocaerulea-occulata
Tulipa humilis var. pulchella 'Albocaerulea Oculata'
Tulipa humilis albo-caerulea occulata

Any Tulipa experts in our group who can help with the
correct?/accepted?/name we should call these? on the wiki.

Thanks.
Mary Sue

Mary Sue Ittner
California's North Coast
Wet mild winters with occasional frost
Dry mild summers