From Afghanistan. Tulipa heweri, Hewer's Tulip, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In 1998 L.(Leo) W.D. van Raamsdonk of Wageningen University described and named this beautiful Tulip for Thomas Frederick Hewer (1904-1994). Hewer was in fact a professional pathologist but also an ardent gardener and botanical explorer. After his retirement from Bristol University he traveled widely in the remote areas of Afghanistan and environs collecting plants with fellow expedition members. In 1971 he came upon this Tulip in Baghlan Province on the northern slopes of the Salang Pass.
It soon found its way to horticulturalists worldwide. Here it's brightly flowering in the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam.
From Afghanistan. Tulipa heweri, Hewer's Tulip, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In 1998 L.(Leo) W.D. van Raamsdonk of Wageningen University described and named this beautiful Tulip for Thomas Frederick Hewer (1904-1994). Hewer was in fact a professional pathologist but also an ardent gardener and botanical explorer. After his retirement from Bristol University he traveled widely in the remote areas of Afghanistan and environs collecting plants with fellow expedition members. In 1971 he came upon this Tulip in Baghlan Province on the northern slopes of the Salang Pass.
It soon found its way to horticulturalists worldwide. Here it's brightly flowering in the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam.