The page mentions this Tulip was hybridised by A.Verschoor.
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I am 100% certain this is not right. It was hybridised by my own grandfather, J.H.Clement. He was a tulip farmer and dealer and did hybridisation as a side business. He spent many years developing a good hybride, and when he got one tulip selected, he spent many years after that multiplying it. You can imagine how many years it would take to get a field from 1 single tulip.
I have witnesses the multiplying process myself, since i lived in the same place and worked with the tulips as a kid (born 1970)
But, as things go, our tulips standing just in the open field along the road in Voorhout, near Lisse in the Netherlands, they were open to everyone, and some got stolen. Later these were multiplied by others, which i once discovered when i saw a field of them nearby, but not owned by our company. So it went, but give the real man the honour, because it was a lifetimes work.
A very tall, robust, round-shaped tulip.
Unsurpassed for cutflower use, but not of a pleasant odor. Flowers first open with som...Read Moree red flaming, but mature with up to 30% red coverage, mostly on the interior. A good neighbor to Fritillaria imperialis. Good perennialization quality, not overly fussy.
L.A. (Canoga Park), CA (Zone 10a) | April 2003 | positive
This is one of my favorites, too. In this climate, tulips have to be refrigerated before planting, since the "winter" isn't cold enough ...Read Moreto get them to bloom on their own. Thus, tulips are usually considered "annuals", to be discarded after the bloom is over. However, I have dug up and re-refrigerated my "Olympic Flame" tulips and they have bloomed several years in a row.
This is my most successful tulip. I have been growing it for years, and it just keeps coming back and blooming every year. I bought some ...Read Morenew Olympic Flame bulbs and they did better then the other darwin hybrids, which I was growing.
correction: hybridised by: J.H.Clement
The page mentions this Tulip was hybridised by A.Verschoor.
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Sport of T. 'Olympic gold'.
Received the prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the British Royal Horticultural Soci...Read More
A very tall, robust, round-shaped tulip.
Unsurpassed for cutflower use, but not of a pleasant odor. Flowers first open with som...Read More
This is one of my favorites, too. In this climate, tulips have to be refrigerated before planting, since the "winter" isn't cold enough ...Read More
This is my most successful tulip. I have been growing it for years, and it just keeps coming back and blooming every year. I bought some ...Read More