Thursday, March 27, 2008

Tulipmania, Part 2

Often we'll get a tulip described as "rem" -- shorthand for Rembrandt. Even though Rembrandt rarely painted a tulip, a variety popular during his lifetime bears his name. Rems are known for their vertical streaks of color. A virus caused the originals; modern rems are the result of tulip tinkering.

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