Parrot Tulips
It is said that the original parrot tulip was traded for property in Holland over 100 year ago. A property that in today’s standards was worth several hundred thousand dollars! Unfortunately, the plant died within a year, due to a virus which was cause of the unusual blooms.
Today we can enjoy these beautiful flowers for a great deal less, and, from the benefit of hybridization – not virus!
Sources include Small Hill Orchids, Spokane, WA.
