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Tulipa Monarch Parrot

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The tulip Monarch Parrot is available from the 1st of January until the 20th of April 2018.

Length: 30cm-36cm
Weight: 30
VBN code: 15240
Barendsen colour number: 1525 blood red

In the spotlights

Borst Flower Bulbs BV is located in Obdam, in the North of the Netherlands, where they produce different varieties of tulips on approximately 120 hectares. Borst Flower Bulbs is specialized in breeding and introducing new varieties on the market. Annually they produce more than 25 million tulips from October till May.

Borst Flower Bulbs treats all the tulips with special pretreatment products. This prolongs the vase-life, reduces stem stretching (making the stems less likely to bend), and strengthens the leaves. The tulips will grow less in the vase, preventing them from growing out of a bouquet.

The Monarch Parrot is particularly noticeable for its bright orange color, which is special for a Parakeet Tulip! Parrot tulips owe their fanciful leaves to a spontaneous mutation. This causes the leaves to curl and a strange color appears in the petal. Not only the flower, but also the leaf of the tulip mutates.

The longer you have the Monarch on a vase, the better you will be able to notice this! It is not so easy to grow a good quality Parrot Tulip. Especially with the leaves it is very difficult to obtain the desired quality .With the Monarch Parrot, Borst Flower Bulbs has been able to get the process under control and with excellent results! This beautiful tulip has been cultivated at the company since 1996 and is still a success! 

FloraPodium, 9 January 2018

Origin

Tulips are originally from the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). The word Tulips derives from the Latin name: Tulipa. This means: the flower resembles a turban. The Ottomans at that time wore turbans with tulips prints on it, indicating a high status. In the 16th century, the first Tulips came to the Netherlands.

Carolus Clusius wrote the first important essay on tulips in 1592 as a professor at the University in Leiden. He was the boss of the herb garden of the school and did tests. Carolus did not sell his flowers. The flowers, however, were so popular that his garden was terrorized and flower bulbs were stolen.

The flower bulb became increasingly important in the prime of the Golden Age. The Tulip indicated wealth, because only the richest could buy them. Some bulbs were as expensive as an Amsterdam canal house at that time! The Tulip was seen on paintings and during festivals. The bulbs were so expensive that they were used as a means of payment. People were paying thousands of dollars for a bulb. The Tulip trade came to an abrupt end. The age of the Tulip was also called Tulip Mania, or Tulip Frenzy, Tulip Madness, Bulb Madness, Foolish Tulip Trade and Bulb Trade Frenzy.  

Today, Holland is still known for its tulips and other flowers. The number of different tulip varieties is huge. There are botanical tulips, single or double flowered tulips, Parrot tulips etc. The numbers continue to grow. 

The Tulip generally symbolizes love. Since there are so many different colors, each color has its own meaning.

Language of the tulips

Orange tulips
It doesn’t get any more Dutch. Orange tulips are the best souvenir from the Netherlands. Orange tulips stand for enthusiasm, a perfect gift for a good friend.

Red tulips
Red will be associated with love of course. Giving a big bunch of red tulips will be an expression of love and affection. Romance at its best!

White tulips
White generally indicates innocence and virginity. But the beautiful white tulip stands for forgiveness and respect. Do you need to make up for something or do you want someone’s respect? Bring a nice bunch of white tulips.

Yellow tulips
Warmth, sunshine, happiness and fun is what the yellow tulip stands for. A real boost for the receiver. Is someone going through a bad patch? Make him/her happy with yellow tulips.

Pink tulips
Pink tulips have a gentle quality. They stand for ultimate luck. If you bring someone a bunch of pink tulips, you wish this person lots of luck. This color suits everybody!

Purple tulips
Purple tulips stand for royalty. In addition tulips are also a bit spiritual. These tulips can be used for almost all kinds of opportunities.

But what if you can’t choose? Well, you can bring a bunch of mixed colors. A bunch like this exudes pure elegance. For the receiver a huge compliment of course….

Care

Generally, tulips will grow a couple of centimetres in the vase. Take this into account when choosing your vase. However, because of the pre-treatment products, the Monarch Parrot from grower Borst Flower Bulbs will grow less than other tulips.

Tulips are often transported and delivered without water. So we recommend you first put the tulips still wrapped in paper in a container with water and leave them for an hour. This will enable the stems to fill up with water making them strong and solid after which you can easily put them in their vase.

Fill the vase with hand warm water.

Tulips don’t like sun and heat, that’s why it’s better to place them in a cool and shady spot.

Also, avoid ripening fruit near the tulips. Just like with other flowers the Ethylene that is produced by ripening fruit will speed up the aging process.

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