1. Tulip
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The dream of a perfect flower
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2. Popularity
Tulips are one of the most popular flowers together with others.
Roses.
Chrysanthemum.
Carnations.
Lily.

3. Tulips became popular in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in the 16C and were imported into Europe through Holland.
History

4. TulipMania
By the early 17C, tulip became very popular. New varieties were developed and bulbs were bought and sold by speculators.
At it height a bulb could worth as much as a house. Eventual the bubble went burst but the love affair with tulip continued.
The painting above shows some of the earlier varieties.

5. Today, Holland is still known for its tulips and cultivated as corps.
Tulip Cultivation

6. Lily family - Liliaceae
A few members of the Lily family.

7. Bulb & leaf
The Lily family have linear leaves.
Tulips are grown from bulbs.

8. A typical tulip

9. Types of tulips
How many different types of tulips depends on who defines them and often changes with
time.

10. Varietie
s

12. Type : Lily flowered.

18. Variety : Marilyn.

27. Variety : Ballerina

28. Type : Rambrandt

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Music – Secret Garden – Papillon.
Royal Horticultural Society tulip types.