Tulip (scientific name: Tulipa Gesneriaceae), a herb of Tulip in Liliaceae, is the national flower of Turkey, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.
English name: Flower of Common Tulip, Flower of Late Tulip, Chinese medicine name: tulip "herbal supplement"; Tulip "Taiping Magnolia"; Red, blue and purple books "Outline". 3-5 leaves, strip to egg-shaped, single flower, large and gorgeous. Perianth is red or mixed with white and yellow, sometimes white or yellow, 5-7 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. Six stamens are as long, filaments are hairless, and there is no style. The stigma expands in a cockscomb shape, and the flowering period is April-May. Its exact source is difficult to prove. But more than 500 years ago, people in Central Asia wore headscarves similar to tulips, whose original name was Tulipa, which means "headscarf" in Turkish. Therefore, some experts believe that its origin is likely to be in Turkey and the Mediterranean. 1863 to Holland.
The Dutch regard tulip as the national flower. Together with windmills, cheese and wooden shoes, tulip has become the "four national treasures" of the Netherlands. Tulips in the Netherlands sell well in more than 20 countries, accounting for more than 80% of the world's total exports. It is indeed a veritable "Tulip Kingdom", but interestingly, the hometown of Tulip is not Holland, but Turkey and Central Asia, even from Tibet in China. Its original name is Tulipa, which means "beautiful headscarf" in Turkish, which means tulips are as beautiful as Islamic girls wrapped in headscarves.
Turkey once had a period of tulip glory. As early as the17th century, a large number of tulips were planted in the royal gardens of the Ottoman Empire for the royal nobles to watch. Before18th century, Turkey had cultivated 1500 tulips. The history of Dutch tulips began with a gardener named Cruise. /kloc-in the 6th century, the Austrian ambassador to Turkey saw the noble tulips for the first time in the palace garden. Surprisingly, he sent its seeds back to Vienna and gave them to his good friend, Crusius, the gardener of the Royal Garden in Vienna. Cruise is a famous botanist. After his careful cultivation, the tulip seeds that fell in Europe finally germinated, grew and blossomed. 1593, clausius was hired to take over the botanical garden of Leiden university in the Netherlands. He moved to Holland with tulip bulbs and other plants, and tulips took root and sprouted in Holland. Just because tulips don't like fertile land, they are particularly cold-resistant and suitable for barren sand. Dutch soil, bad weather and bad environment are more suitable for tulip growth.
There is such a romantic legend about tulips. In ancient times, there was a beautiful girl who lived in a magnificent castle. Three warriors fell in love with her at the same time, and one of them gave her a crown. A sword; Send a gold nugget to one. But she doesn't love anyone, so she has to pray to the flower god. The flower god deeply felt that love could not be forced, so he turned the crown into a flower, the sword into a green leaf, the gold nugget into a bulb, and together they became tulips.
It is said that this story was invented by Dutch flower shops to promote their products, but once the story spread, it really deepened people's love for it. Tulips soon spread all over Holland, and many people were proud of their novel varieties. The value of tulips has increased exponentially. Many people plant tulips crazily, and some even exchange a villa with a garden for a precious variety. This is the famous "tulip fever" in history.
There is also a legend that tulips help the Dutch have food when they are hungry and help them tide over the difficulties. Therefore, the Dutch loved tulips very much and began to position them as the national flower. Tulips were also widely planted and sold in the Netherlands at the first time, which also brought huge benefits to the Dutch. Therefore, the Dutch have always had a good impression on tulips. Tulips are really beautiful and have become people's favorite flowers. Anyone who has been to Holland in this country knows the right and wrong of tulips.