Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group - Parrot Tulip
Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) photo by Rick Ligthelm from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Palampore, early 19th century
Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip), from Jean Claude Michel Mordant Delaunay, and Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Herbier général de l’amateur, vol. 3, plate 179, 1819
Common Names: Parrot Tulip
Description: Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) is a member of the Lily Family (Liliaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 2 records Tulipa gesneriana, the type species and most likely progenitor of most currently cultured tulips, as native of the Levant with the earliest cultivation date in Britain of 1577.
Quilts with this Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) motif:
Description: Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) is a member of the Lily Family (Liliaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 2 records Tulipa gesneriana, the type species and most likely progenitor of most currently cultured tulips, as native of the Levant with the earliest cultivation date in Britain of 1577.
Quilts with this Tulipa x gesneriana Parrot Group (Parrot Tulip) motif:
- None known at this time
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Palampore, Object Number IS.147-1950, early 19th century
© Updated 2/7/2023 Author: Terry Terrell