White tulip, backlit
Tulipa sp.
Tulip · Brooklyn Botanic Garden · 20 April 2025
A tulip still closed and lit from behind, which is enough to show a faint yellow flush and a thread of pink running up through petals that read as solid white in direct light. A closed tulip is a tulip that is cold: the petals open and shut with temperature, growing faster on the inside face when it is warm, and a bed of them will open by lunchtime and close again as the evening cools.
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