Bulbs: Egg Cup Tulips! Ever seen any like this??, 1 by paani

paani wrote:
g_s, Interesting. I didn't know that! Are there any other flowers that tend to grow noticeably after they're cut?

tabasco, I was being lazy and thought of getting a shot tomorrow. But your request sent me out to the garden. They were already closing up for the night, but you can see how they've gotten their legs.

The flowers are quite enormous in relation to the rest of the plant (very large for any tulip I'd say). That's not so obvious once they're closing up. I think they represent hybridizers run amok, really, when you compare to the grace of a tall old tulip. But if I think of them just as an interesting flower, and not as a tulip, I quite like them!