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Modern energy-generating windmills with fields of tuplis in Zeewolde / windmolens in een veld van bloeiende gele tulpen in Zeewolde.
... and in the background, Clementine from Cobelfret Ferries approaching again.
I enjoyed the arrival on deck, even though once again, it was cold... and the drizzle restarted too!
5 single handmade shots with the Ricoh GR III stiched together in Photoshop CC.
In view of the corona crisis tourists were discouraged by the government to visit the bulbfields.
So an ideal situation for me because I live in Hillegom in the heart of the bulbfields.
Dutch bulbfields -
The tulip's flowers are usually large and are actinomorphic (radially symmetric) and hermaphrodite (contain both male (androecium) and female (gynoecium) characteristics), generally erect, or more rarely pendulous, and are arranged more usually as a single terminal flower, or when pluriflor as two to three (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica), but up to four, flowers on the end of a floriferous stem (scape), which is single arising from amongst the basal leaf rosette. In structure, the flower is generally cup or star shaped. As with other members of Liliaceae the perianth is undifferentiated (perigonium) and biseriate (two whorled), formed from six free (i.e. apotepalous) caducous tepals arranged into two separate whorls of three parts (trimerous) each.
Dutch bulbfields -
In seventeenth century Netherlands, during the time of the Dutch Golden Age and Tulip mania, an infection of tulip bulbs by the tulip breaking virus created variegated patterns in the tulip flowers that were much admired and valued. This phenomenon was referred to as "broken". While tulips had probably been cultivated in Asia from the tenth century, they did not come to the attention of the west till the sixteenth century, when western diplomats to the Ottoman court observed and reported on them. They were rapidly introduced into Europe and cultivated and became a frenzied commodity during Tulip mania. Tulips were frequently depicted in paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, and have become associated with the Netherlands, the major producer for world markets, ever since.
On popular request: a very close crop of my earlier tulip capture: www.flickr.com/photos/johan_leiden/2400757069/. Please let me know your favorite.
Nederland, Noord-Holland, Gemeente Schagen, 16-04-2012; bloembollenvelden tussen de weilanden, ten westen van Schagen
Flower bulb fields and meadows west of Schagen
luchtfoto (toeslag), aerial photo (additional fee required);
copyright foto/photo Siebe Swart.
South-Holland landscapes -
Tulips need a cold night and a cold winter to grow, so they cannot be grown in a warm climate .
Tulip bulbs are usually planted in October and November. The flowering period runs from April to June. A special type of cultivated tulips are the 'botanical tulips' (also called wild tulips), tulips with a short stem that also come out again after the planting year.
... on the railings.
We had quite a few of these on this cruise, but never a veritable downpour. The weather changed though, very much for the colder.
Marco Polo manoeuvred herself up to the docks very slowly and carefully. Amazingly muddy water around here!
Maquette van Bloembollenvelden uit Lisse / Model of bulb fields from Lisse, Madurodam, Den Haag (P1230264)
Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Goeree-Overflakkee, 09-05-2013; sproeien bloembollenvelden ten zuiden van Middelharnis.
Spraying of bulb fields, South Holland Islands.
luchtfoto (toeslag op standard tarieven)
aerial photo (additional fee required)
copyright foto/photo Siebe Swart