It's from the Turkish word for turban. Tulips were named after a mistake -- a foreigner seeing a tulip tucked into the turban of a Turk asked what it was. The Turk thought he was referring to the turban, but the foreigner thought he was referring to the flower. >________________________________ > From: Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> >To: "pbs@lists.ibiblio.org" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:28 PM >Subject: [pbs] Crinum 'Tulipan' > > >Does anybody know a source for the crinum 'Tulipan?' > >Cynthia W Mueller >Central Texas > >Sent from my iPhone >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > >