Re: Israeli tulips
- Subject: Re: Israeli tulips
- From: &* a* M* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:45:34 +1200
Tony & Moira Ryan, Wainuiomata, New Zealand
Climate ( US Zone 9). Annual averages:-
Minimum -2°C; Maximum 28°C Rainfall 2000mm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony and Moira" <tomory@xtra.co.nz>
To: <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Israeli tulips
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
