Tulipmania
Rembrant tulip found at the Tuliptime festival in Pella IA. The tulips that started the tulipmania craze were actually caused by a virus that made irregular streaks on the pedals.
History: According to the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center, Rembrandt tulips, which include a number of varieties distinguished by their broken color, are a modern, disease-free look-alike of the broken-color tulips that sold for astronomical sums during the tulip mania that gripped 17th century Holland, when Rembrandt was a young man. The original Rembrandt tulips were caused by a mosaic virus that resulted in the mottled colors, with no two blooms alike. The broken-color tulips were grouped together as Rembrandt tulips when official classification of bulbs came about in the 19th century.
Tulipmania
Rembrant tulip found at the Tuliptime festival in Pella IA. The tulips that started the tulipmania craze were actually caused by a virus that made irregular streaks on the pedals.
History: According to the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center, Rembrandt tulips, which include a number of varieties distinguished by their broken color, are a modern, disease-free look-alike of the broken-color tulips that sold for astronomical sums during the tulip mania that gripped 17th century Holland, when Rembrandt was a young man. The original Rembrandt tulips were caused by a mosaic virus that resulted in the mottled colors, with no two blooms alike. The broken-color tulips were grouped together as Rembrandt tulips when official classification of bulbs came about in the 19th century.