Tulipa ( Paris Tulip )
This tulip bears solitary , yellow edged , orange - red bowl - shaped flowers on sturdy vertical stems which have several leaves . The tulip has been the preferred spring electric-light bulb for centuries . Thriving where summers are dry and wintertime are moth-eaten , this bulb is treated as an annual where summers are raging and long . A genus with around 100 species , tulips are divide into 15 distinguishing divisions ....