Fallen Beauty. Even when the beauty of the blossoms is past, tulips still have beauty in the richness of their fallen petals.
Even when the beauty of the blossoms is past, tulips still have beauty in the richness of their fallen petals. The meaning of tulips is generally perfect love . Like many flowers, different colors of tulips also often carry their own significance. Red tulips are most strongly associated with true love, while purple symbolizes royalty. The meaning of yellow tulips once represented hopeless love, but nowadays it is a common expression for cheerful thoughts and sunshine. Flowers with streaked petals caused by Tulip Break Virus resulted in the tulipmania which affected the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. The break patterns in affected bulbs were highly prized and sellers commanded huge prices. Unfortunately the effect was not stable and affected bulbs did not repeat the patterns reliably in future years. Tulip varieties with these patterns are available today, but in the case of named varieties the breaks result from stable genetic mutation and not virus infection.
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Location: Nethy Bridge, Highlands, Scotland.
Photo credit: © Robert Murray / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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