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A tulip bulb is a buried shoot
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
Research cited
- UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture, "Bulbs, Bulbs" (University of Florida, Kentucky and Texas A&M) propg.ifas.ufl.edu
- University of Illinois Extension, Great Plant Escape, All About Bulbs web.extension.illinois.edu
Other sources
- OpenStax Biology 2e, 30.2 Stems, Stem Modifications openstax.org
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Two Tulips with Insects (RP-T-1967-87), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Floraes Gecks-kap, 1637 (RP-P-OB-81.404), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Twee wit-rode tulpen (RP-T-1948-95), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- RN in a cap and sunglasses beside a stall of pink and white tulips on an Amsterdam streetPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 2
- Labeled diagram of a tulip bulb cut in half: papery tunic outside, fleshy storage scales, a flower bud at the center, a flat basal plate and roots belowImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 3
- An old watercolor of two striped tulips, one white and purple, one red and white, with a small insect, on cream paperSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Bunches of pink and pale tulips laid in wooden trays and round baskets on a brick streetPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 5
- A black and white satirical print: a giant fool's cap used as an inn, crowds of traders around it, a long text in columns belowSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
- Slide 6
- A watercolor of two white tulips flamed with red, signed Jan van der Vinne 1759Source: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record