"Broken" tulip painted by Jan van Huysum (1682-1749), a Dutch painter. "Broken" tulips have a viral infection, that caused the petals to show beautiful and striking streaks of color in them, noticed by the Flemish botanist Carolus Clusius, father of the Dutch obsession with tulips, in the Netherlands in the 1600’s.

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Size: 4186px × 3836px
Location: Netherlands
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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