#tulipmania

[timeless-takes]

Flying Away

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Tulipa ‘Fly Away’ landing at Tulipmania two springs ago.

This was underexposed by a stop to get the colour come out richer.

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Dafeng, China

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[a-tapini]

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[fvckpuppy]

My tulips are blooming!

[flowerishness]

Tulipa (tulips)

Tulips were first introduced to European gardens in 1554, a gift from the court of Suleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople. Originally a small mountain flower, the Persians had already produced tulips with bigger blooms in many colors but European (especially Dutch) gardeners started to work on developing new varieties immediately.

This led to the famous episode of Tulipmania from 1634 to 1637; a speculative frenzy centered in the Netherlands. In one month a single bulb of the red and white striped tulip 'Gheel ende Root van Leyden' went from 46 to 515 guilders and some lucky florist made a lot of money.

It all came to a crashing halt on February 2, 1637 when a florist in Haarlem auctioned a quantity of Swisters bulbs (a yellow tulip feathered with red) for an opening bid of 1,250 guilders. Finding no takers, he lowered the price to 1100, then to 1000... and all at once everyone in the room knew that the tulip bubble had burst. Within days tulip bulbs were unsellable at any price. While on the subject, does anyone remember the cryptocurrency boom?

[sofiimagines]

A lovely tulip from my Mom's garden this past Spring.

[dimitriross]

Genesis of Bloom

A graphite drawing featuring a male figure intertwined with a large tulip bud, in Baroque backlight -> dimitrieross.it

[helluvatimes]

Off the Wall Princess

Tulipa ‘Red Princess’ standing against a ‘wall’ at Tulipmania 2025. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

The ‘wall’ may be fake but those were real tulips in a pot.