Tulipanes

The Tulipan is a monocotiledónea plant of the Tulipa sort that belongs to the Liliaceae family, the flower is constituted by tépalos distrubuidos in two layers of three tépalos each one. It is an autumn plantation, it requires cold for a normal development and to reach a length of acceptable stem. The cold also accelerates the flowering and the uniformiza. Its zone of origin is the center of Asia and it was introduced to Europe in century XVI, beginning to the genetic improvement. At the moment it is counted with hundreds of you will cultivate. In Chile the commercial culture of tulipán began less ago than 10 years in the South zone of the country, by its different grounds and good drainage. This species also is of recent introduction in Chile like fresh flower of export, although it has been existing for a long time as species of garden in the IX and X regions of our country and are exported mainly to the Coast This of the United States.