batalinii Bright Gem

One of the tiniest tulips I know, selected from the small wild tulip variety tulipa batalinni that grows in and around Uzbekistan. Even though this cute little tulip with its beautifully shaped mini flowers never reaches over fifteen centimeter, it has a striking presence because of the warm yellow colour of the petals. The photograph shows the tulip in a pot in De Theetuin van Jacqueline van der Kloet in Weesp.