Israeli Tulips
- Subject: Israeli Tulips
- From: &* a* M* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:39:43 +1200
From: "Tony and Moira" <tomory@xtra.co.nz>
To: <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com>
Subject: Re: Israeli tulips
Date: Wednesday, 2 May 2007 4:31 p.m.
Tony & Moira Ryan, Wainuiomata, New Zealand
Climate ( US Zone 9). Annual averages:-
Minimum -2°C; Maximum 28°C Rainfall 2000mm
----- Original Message -----
From: "N Sterman" <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com>
To: "Medit Plants" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Anyone know about the tulips that are native to the Negev Desert?
Nan
This led me quite a chase (an interesting and informative one I may say).
Though I have books on the Medit .part of the Israel flora I have nothing
at all on the Negev but eventually through Google I was able to latch into
the Flora of Israel on line and once I swapped over from the Hebrew version
to the English I finally arrived at what was wanted.
Apparently there are just two species which actually occur in the Negev, T.
systola and T' polychroma and these are both pictured. I don't know if you
are literate in botanical taxonmy, but unless you are, you would have quite
a job getting through to this site and though I am sure I could talk you
through you may be happy to take an easier way as I suggest below..(If you
are botanist and would like to look yourself let me know and I can give you
the necessary references).
If you prefer instead to Google these two under their botanic names there
is quite a lot of information about them easily availble, especially systola
which not only is it pictured, but there is a detailed description of it in
cultivaion.
T polychroma is not quite so well served and they don't actually mention its
Israel connection , but I presume the Hebrew University knows what it is
takling about.
Thanks for a chance to do a bit of real botany for once!!
Moira
Tony & Moira Ryan, Wainuiomata, New Zealand
Climate ( US Zone 9). Annual averages:-
Minimum -2°C; Maximum 28°C Rainfall 2000mm
