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Lale
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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 957 W: 3 N: 3028] (10472)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C-5060WZ
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flora of the Middle East [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-04 2:38
Viewed: 481
Points: 50
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Tulipa sintenesii (Tulip) [in Turk. Lale]

During the our herpetological trips to SE Anatolia in 2008, i encountered with this alone beauty on a slope of a deep and dried stream bed in Birecik, near the Turkish-Syrian border. I had to climb to take its photo. Click here to see a closer shot of this beauty. You can notice a beetle visitor near the central part of this beauty. Unfortunalely I do not know its exact id.

This posting was dedicated to two kind ladies, a mother and her daughter, Jacqueline & Valerie Schnepp.

TFL!
Cheers,

Bayram

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Tulipa, commonly called Tulip, is a genus of about 150 species of bulbous flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. The native range of the species includes southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the east to northeast of China. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, used as pot plants or as fresh cut flowers.

The species are perennials from bulbs, the tunicate bulbs are often produced on the ends of stolons and covered with glabrous to variously hairy papery coverings. The species include short low growing plants to tall upright plants, growing from 10 to 70 centimeters (4–27 in) tall. They can even grow in the cold and snowy winter. Plants with typically 2 to 6 leaves, with some species having up to 12 leaves. The cauline foliage is strap-shaped, waxy-coated, usually light to medium green and alternately arranged. The blades are somewhat fleshy and linear to oblong in shape. The large flowers are produced on scapes or subscapose stems normally lacking bracts. The stems have no leaves to a few leaves, with large species having some leaves and smaller species have none. Typically species have one flower per stem but a few species have up to four flowers. The colorful and attractive cup shaped flowers have three petals and three sepals, which are most often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. The six petaloid tepals are often marked near the bases with darker markings. The flowers have six basifixed, distinct stamens with filaments shorter than the tepals and the stigmas are districtly 3-lobed. The ovaries are superior with three chambers. The 3 angled fruits are leathery textured capsules, ellipsoid to subglobose in shape, containing numerous flat disc-shaped seeds in two rows per locule.

The tulip, or "Lale" (from Persian لاله, lâleh) as it is called in Turkey, is a flower indigenous to Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and other parts of Central Asia. Tulips were brought to Europe in the 16th century; the word tulip, which earlier in English appeared in such forms as tulipa or tulipant, entered the language by way of French tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulīpa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend, "muslin, gauze." (The English word turban, first recorded in English in the 16th century, can also be traced to Ottoman Turkish tülbend.) The Turkish word for gauze, with which turbans can be wrapped, seems to have been used for the flower because a fully opened tulip was thought to resemble a turban.

After introduction of the Tulip to Europe, it gained much popularity and was seen as a sign of abundance and indulgence in the Ottoman Empire. The era during which the Ottoman Empire was wealthiest is called the Tulip era, or Lale Devri in Turkish.

Perhaps one of the ancestors of our modern cultivar tulips may have been Tulipa sintenesii. This attractive plant originates from Inner Anatolia in central Turkey. It grows to about 25 cm tall when in flower, and in the area west of the town of Van, the fields turn red for many kilometres in April when T. sintenesii blooms.

Plant two times the height of the bulb below the ground, remembering to label so you know where they are! Ensure their position gets as much sun as possible while the plants are in flower and again in early summer to ripen the bulbs. After flowering, a feed high in potash can be beneficial to give the bulbs energy to flower next year; this can also be enhanced by removing the seed pods. You can see species tulips in all their glory from February to May.

References: Wikipedia
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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2033 W: 143 N: 1864] (24383)
  • [2009-01-04 2:41]

Günaydın Bayram bey,
Türk Lalesi bulunduğu ortama sanki hayat vermiş.Nazlı nazlı boy gösteriyor.Ellerinize sağlık.Necla.

Selam Bayram Hoca,
Doğal ortamı içinde her türlü güçlükle başa çıkabilen bir güzellik....
Teşekkürler
Selahattin E

Hello Bayram,

The beauty is in everywhere.
Excellent shot, great idea!
Congratulations and TFS.
Sergio

Hello Bayram
i like the super bright colours. good composition looking into the tulip, and good sharp focus. well done.
Best regards Siegfried

Bom dia Bayram!

Your note is very interesting!
Just great this beautiful flower growing in the middle of this dry ground! Nice light and very sharpness ;)
Congratulations!

best regards
Marco

Ciao Bayram, lovely tulip with fantastic colors, I reember a lot of this splendid flower when i was in Turkey, fine details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2838 W: 395 N: 3052] (33777)
  • [2009-01-04 7:56]

Merhaba Bayram bey...
Lale devrini bu güzel çekimleri görünce insan daha iyi anlıyor :) harika bir konpozisyon ve detay...tebrikler...selamlar

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer [C: 150 W: 0 N: 7] (44)
  • [2009-01-04 8:06]

Merhaba Bayram hocam, bu küçüğcük laleyi bu kadar ihtişamlı ve alımlı göstermek mümkün değil sanırım. tarihimizden kesitler ile harika bir çekim olmuş. Teşekkürler.
Mehmet

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1105 W: 0 N: 2628] (13430)
  • [2009-01-04 9:25]

Merhaba Bayram!

Magnificent, beautiful flower and picture!
Wonderful composition of this plant and contrast colors.
It congratulations execution!
Greetings.
Barbara

Merhaba Bayram Bey,ışığı yine çok ustaca kullanmışsınız.Ateş gibi bir lale.Renkler harika görünüyor.Kıraç toprakların türküsünü söyler gibi.Muhteşem bir fotoğraf olmuş,çok beğendim çooook,ellerinize sağlık :)

Merhaba Bayram Hocam
Harika bir çiçek makrosu
İyi çalışmalar
Burak

beautiful shot of the red flower on dry looking earth.. well taken with lovely colours again, Baram.. tfs..

regards, terry

Merhabalar Dostum,
kışın bu soğuk günlerini sımsıcak renkli güzeller güzeli bir lale ile ısııttığın için teşekkür ederim,
çorak toprak üzerindeki yaşam mücadesi takdire şayan,
ellerine ve gören gözlerine sağlık,
selamlar,
Taner

Hey Bayram
The grey soil is in great contrast with the flower.
Lovely composition.
David

Merhaba Bayram hoca,
Tulip,tülbent...derken Türbana kadar uzanan bir
hikaye! Korkarım birileri ampulden sonra amblem
yapmazlar!! HARİKA GÖZALICI BAŞARILI BİR KOMPOZİSYON.
Selam,sevgiler.
Dr.Seyfettin Güner

hello Bayram
A great contrast between this self breeding tulipa seeming to live without water in the desert and those of Holland drunken their fill with watering.And they have both their own beauty , but I suppose this one will resist against all bad weathers.
Beautiful shot dear Bayram which shows something as a heart anchored in earth as an imperishable proof of life.

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2639 W: 1 N: 1292] (15611)
  • [2009-01-16 0:21]

Hola Bay,
spectacular capture
beautiful colors in a dry environment,
good job...
greetings

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 625 W: 0 N: 1014] (4848)
  • [2009-01-21 23:04]

Hi Bayram,
a very sharp and clear shot. The red flower is lovely and thrive excellently on the dry earth.
Nice shot and beautifully presented.

Regards,
Foozi

Hi Bayram,

Another beauty isolated well in very good focus and exposure. Well written notes and TFS.

Have a great weekend.

Jusni

Merhaba Bayram Barea,
Excellent shot. The tulip seems like growing from the desert... Very interesting. Simple minimalistic compo, but why overdo things if / where simplicity works?! Wonderful POV, sharpness and color contrast. Bravo. And tfs a pic of the ancestor of cultivated tulips. I've only heard about this plant before, but have never seen it.
Best wishes from Your Hungarian barea, László

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  • soe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 400 W: 0 N: 107] (2465)
  • [2009-05-05 21:28]

Hi Bayram
Great shot with micro and detail, color and sharpness. Nice composition.
Tin Soe

Hello,
Very interesting composition of the shot.
Great red tulip.
Well done!
TFS
Jolanta

Merahab Hocam,
Nefis bir lale makrosu.Işık, renk ve detaylar harika.Eline sağlık.
Selamlarımla..

hAyAti

Hi Bayram
A nice dedication to Valerie and Jacqueline . I find it amazing that a Tulip can grow in such harsh conditions. The red colour of this tulip stands out nicely against the colour of the earth it's growing in. Well done MCF.
TFS Janice

Bonsoir Bayram,

Lumineuse présentation avec cette radieuse tulipe.
Cette fleur cueille le soleil en lui offrant son coeur généreusement.
Beauté poétique.
Bravo pour cette mignonne image.
Belle soirée cher ami. Yolande

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