Acuminata 1

This is my favourite tulip. It's tulipa acuminata and it is one of the species tulips.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow it's so unusual for a tulip

[Bill Davidson]

Very unusual.

[Judith Johnson]

Stunning

[Babs]

What an unusual tulip

[Diana]

A wonderful capture of these new to me tulips.

[Heather]

How fascinating! I would never guess that these were tulips! A lovely shot, Josie, to capture their two-toned colours and their pointed petals! Fav

[Maxine Lathbury]

Yes, stunning and exotic looking

[Agnes]

Wonderful

[Josie Gilbert]

@koalagardens @billdavidson @busylady @ludwigsdiana @365projectorgheatherb @365projectmaxine @agnesvanderlindeicloudcom Thank you all for your kind comments. I photographed these tulips in the gardens of Arundel Castle as part of the tulip festival. The bulbs are available from some specialist suppliers but are more expensive than the usual tulips.

[Dorothy]

How unusual and like the others I wouldn’t think of a tulip when first seeing them, more bird of paradise.

[Renee Salamon]

Wow, never seen or heard of this one

[Josie Gilbert]

@illinilass @rensala I think I like them so much because they are so different to the normal tulips.

[KV]

I’ve never seen these… they make me think of a bird of paradise.