Imperial Purity. Tulipa 'Purissima' and Honeybee, Apis mellifera, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Here's a Very Pure cultivar member of the 'fosteriana' Tulip group. Fosteriana was found in the mountains near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in 1904 by Joseph Haberhauer junior, not to be confused with his namesake (1828-1902), the famed entomological collector of central Asia (e.g. Iran). Our Haberhauer was a plant collector in the service - among other patrons - of the famous Tubergen horticultural firm in The Netherlands.
The 'original' Fosteriana is as red as they come; it was named for Sir Michael Foster (1836-1907) of Cambridge, England, who besides being a respected physiologist was an expert on irises, many of which also hail from central Asia.
And look at that corbicula of our Honeybee (see inset); you can just about see the individual pollen grains of this Purest of Tulips, sometimes called the White Emperor.
Imperial Purity. Tulipa 'Purissima' and Honeybee, Apis mellifera, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Here's a Very Pure cultivar member of the 'fosteriana' Tulip group. Fosteriana was found in the mountains near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in 1904 by Joseph Haberhauer junior, not to be confused with his namesake (1828-1902), the famed entomological collector of central Asia (e.g. Iran). Our Haberhauer was a plant collector in the service - among other patrons - of the famous Tubergen horticultural firm in The Netherlands.
The 'original' Fosteriana is as red as they come; it was named for Sir Michael Foster (1836-1907) of Cambridge, England, who besides being a respected physiologist was an expert on irises, many of which also hail from central Asia.
And look at that corbicula of our Honeybee (see inset); you can just about see the individual pollen grains of this Purest of Tulips, sometimes called the White Emperor.