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Keywords: Liliaceae | Tulipa urumiensis Stapf. | 035532-0352-1999
Today's entry marks the one-year anniversary of Botany Photo of the Day. I'll add a small retrospective when I return from vacation next week. Again, only an abbreviated entry today. – Daniel.
The story of the tulip and the economic bubble of the 1630s in The Netherlands is well-known, but worth revisiting from time to time. Barbara Schulman of the University of Minnesota has written a concise summary of “Tulipmania”, while the Wikipedia entry for Tulipmania adds a few dissenting opinions regarding the conventional history. On a different tack, Frontline's “dotcon” documentary web site has a compilation of various economic bubbles, including Tulipmania.
Today's photograph is of a tulip that would have been exempt from Tulipmania. Not only was it not discovered until nearly three centuries after the event, but it is also a “species tulip”, i.e., it is recognized as a natural species and (accordingly) has no history of human-induced hybridization. The tulips of Tulipmania were seemingly all hybrid tulips, many generations removed from their natural cousins.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at April 5, 2006 12:00 AM
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Posted by: Knox M. Henry at April 5, 2006 4:43 AM
Congratulations on your first Year. Keep up the great job. I'm glad I discovered your site.
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Happy anniversary and thanks - I look forward to your email every morning.
Posted by: Lisa Shultz at April 5, 2006 5:57 AM
Congrats on your anniversary. It's such a great site.
Living in a Zone 9-10, I really appreciate species tulips. They developed in warmer climates and don't need freezing temperatures in the winter to bloom in spring.
Posted by: Katherine Hughes at April 5, 2006 10:36 AM
I love your pics - they give a fillip to the day. Thanks and congratulations on your anniversary.
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Your BPOD site offers a great access point to explore the fascinating world of the plant Kingdom. We need such starter guides to the many resources on the web.
Posted by: StephenBuchan at April 5, 2006 4:41 PM
Tulipa urumiensis - Z5 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Posted by: Beverley at April 5, 2006 4:55 PM
Daniel...happy birthday!....so lets bring on another year!
"tulips in the garden, tulips in the park.....tulips i like best....is tulips in the dark"
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Good year BPotD! Keep it up! And good job Daniel for doing so great! This site is a daily highlight for me :D!
Posted by: Sammi at April 5, 2006 9:55 PM
Congrats on your one year anniversary, thanks for enriching my knowledge and appreciation. Just completed "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan- loved the chapter on Tulipmania ...from the tulip's perspective!
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Just discovered your site today. Wow! I'll tell my friends and I'll be back.
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