Tulips are spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes in the Tulipa genus. Their flowers are usually large, showy, and brightly coloured, generally red, orange, pink, yellow, or white.
Tulipa gesneriana, the Didier's tulip or garden tulip, is a species of plant in the lily family, cultivated as an ornamental in many countries because of its large, showy flowers. This tall, late-bloo
Tulip
…cultivars, some such as "Monte Carlo" and "Brown Sugar" are "scented", and "Creme Upstar" "fragrant". It was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with Tulipa gesneriana L. as the type species. Tulipa is a genus of the lily family, Liliaceae, once one of the largest families of monocots, but which molecular phylogenetics…
Illustration and excerpt of Tulipa gesneriana.
BSD SEM of Pollen Captured off Tulip Petal.
Tulip stereoscope image demonstrating anther, filament, and petal. Pollen visible in background.