GENUS: TULIPA
ANY OF VARIOUS BULB PLANTS OF THE LILY FAMILY, MOSTLY SPRING BLOOMING, WITH LONG, BROAD, POINTED LEAVES, AND, USUALLY, A SINGLE LARGE, CUP-SHAPED VARIOUSLY COLORED FLOWER.
NAMED FOR THE FLOWERS RESEMBLANCE TO A TURBAN.
EVER TIPTOE THROUGH THEM?
IT CAN BE FUN ESPECIALLY IF YOU SING WHILE DOING IT.
EVER WONDER HOW TULIPS KNOW WHEN TO BLOOM?
ME NEITHER, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU ANYWAY.
APPARENTLY THEY NEED 16 WEEKS OF COLD TEMPERATURES BEFORE ROOTS CAN DEVELOP FROM THE BULB AND ABSORB NUTRIENTS. TULIPS WILL NOT BLOOM WITHOUT THIS STAGE. THE BULB REQUIRES THIS "DOWN" TIME IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FLOURISH COME SPRING, THAT'S WHY THEY WON'T GROW OUTDOORS IN THE SOUTH. BUT THEY CAN BE FORCED ANY TIME OF YEAR AND EVEN MADE TO RE-BLOOM.
ADDITIONALLY, THEIR ORIGINS HAVE NOTHING TO DO THE NETHERLANDS. THEY ARE FROM ASIA. I FOUND THAT INTERESTING.
APPARENTLY I LIKE TULIPS.
CASE IN POINT:
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sources:
- Webster's New World College Dictionary (Just because I like definitions.)
- Doug Green's Flower-Garden-Bulbs.com: http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/tulips-in-water.html
- Doug has his own blog as well: http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/
- Google, Ask, Yahoo, Dogile - all search engines yield similar results
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