Tulpa

14/08/2022

Alexandre Dumas' novel The Black Tulip was inspired by a variety of these flowers called the Queen of the Night. Its petals really have such a dark purple hue that it is close to black.

13/08/2022

In the French-speaking regions of Canada, sweetish young leaves and shoots are added to salads, and desserts are decorated with candied petals. Baked and fried onions are also found in the restaurants of the province.

12/08/2022

During World War II, many Dutch people escaped starvation by eating tulip bulbs.

11/08/2022

At the beginning of the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced a "tulip fever", during which the prices of bulbs of rare varieties skyrocketed. So, in 1623, 1,000 guilders were given for a bulb of the Viceroy variety (the average annual income of a Dutchman in those years was 150 guilders!). The most enviable bride was considered a girl who had precious bulbs in her dowry.

10/08/2022

The tulip has been a symbol of the ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire for several centuries.

09/08/2022

The birthplace of tulips is the Pamirs and the Tien Shan. Wild tulips still bloom there in abundance, the ancestors of 40% of the varieties known to us. In Asia and the Middle East, tulips have long enjoyed respect and love, and grew abundantly in the gardens of the rich.

05/08/2022

Tulip (Tulipa) is a perennial flowering plant, belongs to the flowering department, monocotyledonous class, lily-colored order, lily family, tulip genus

05/08/2022

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