Crinum 'Tulipan'
David Ehrlich (Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:40:39 PDT)
It's from the Turkish word for turban. Tulips were named after a mistake -- a foreigner seeing a tulip tucked into the turban of a Turk asked what it was. The Turk thought he was referring to the turban, but the foreigner thought he was referring to the flower.
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From: Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com>
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Does anybody know a source for the crinum 'Tulipan?'
Cynthia W Mueller
Central Texas
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