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Inside the Tulip


Inside the Tulip
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Copyright: Alp Capa (ArcapA) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 33 W: 14 N: 50] (247)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-02
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-02-28 3:31
Viewed: 1406
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Tulips are members of the lily family, Liliaceae. They are bulbous plants, with large, showy flowers with six petals. There are around 100 species, originating from the region of southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran (where the flower is suggested on the nation's flag) and as far east as northeast China and Japan. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan.

The tulip is the national flower of Iran and Turkey, and tulip motifs feature prominently in Persian and Turkish folk arts. The European name for the flower is a misuse of the Persian word for turban, a mistake probably originating in the common Turkish custom of wearing flowers in the folds of the turban.

Unofficially, the flower is also emblematic of Netherlands. For instance, in an annual gesture of gratitude to Canada for liberating the nation from Nazi German tyranny in World War II, a supply of tulips is sent to be planted in Canada's national capital in Ottawa.

In both the Ottoman Empire and Netherlands, separate episodes of tulip mania struck both countries which both led to damaging speculation crashes which also contributed to the Ottoman Empire's financial decline.

Numerous cultivars have been bred for garden use. It is often considered one of humanity's "canonical flowers", along with the rose, lily, orchid, and peony.
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Hi Alp
As I say everything is small in my eyes is big in the photo.
No one could saw as a Tulip from so close... only a photo and and a good photorgapher.
Beautiful macro photo with so many details and strong red and yellow colors
Well Done

Hi Alp,
Great photo of our national flower, eventhoug is originated from Persia. You've createrd a really beautiful macro. Colors brightness and sharpness are excellent.
TFS,
Niek

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