The origins of tulips in Central Asia

Описание: (25 May 2011)
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Red Hill, Karatau Mountains, Kazakhstan - April 21, 2011
1. Mid of tulips on Red Hill
2. Wide pan of Red Hill field to snow-capped mountains
3. Wide of biologist Yevgeny Belousov
4. Mid of Belousov taking pictures of tulips
5. Close of tulips
6. Close of tulip
7. Close tilt up tulip
8. Close of hand touching tulips
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny Belousov, biologist:
"Many types of cultivated tulips are descended from either the Greig or Kaufman tulip species. People say almost seventy five percent of cultivated flowers come from these two."
10. Wide of tulip field
Berkara Canyon, Karatau Mountains, Kazakhstan - April 22, 2011
11. Mid of noticeboards at entrance to Berkara Canyon
12. Close of sign reading (Russian) "Ecological Path of Berkara Canyon"
13. Mid of fruit tree in blossom
14. Close of bee on blossom
15. Close of river
16. Mid of river
17. Mid of yellow tulip (Greig's tulip) on riverbank
18. Close of tulip
19. Close of inside of tulip
20. Various of tulips
21. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny Belousov, biologist:
"People must be told on a daily basis before the tulip season starts that these flowers are part of our national heritage. That there's going to be a problem if you pick them, it may not flower for the next five or seven years and if you pick it a second time then it will die. We have already destroyed almost all areas except the ones that have national park status."
Yergaly Pass, Talaski Alatau Mountains, Kazakhstan - April 23, 2011
22. Mid of snow-capped mountains
23. Wide of horses
24. Pan of horse with foal
25. Mid of Kaufmann tulips in foreground, snow-capped mountain in background
26. Close low angle of Kaufmann tulips
27. Close of white and yellow tulips (unidentified)
28. Close of tulips
29. Mid of Kaufmann tulips
30. Pan of red Greig's tulips to hybrid yellow and red tulip
31. Close low angle of red Greig's tulip
Ili Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan - May 8, 2011
32. Wide of entrance to national park
33. Close of sign reading (Kazakh) "Welcome to the Ili Alatau National Nature Reserve"
34. Wide of people removing rocks on road, from a rockfall
35. Mid of Dutch tulip enthusiast Vim Lemmers, retired tulip grower, removing rocks from road
36. Mid of car passing on road
37. Mid of tourist taking photograph
38. Wide of tourists on road
39. Mid of tourist hiking through field with walking stick
40. Close of paper in hands of Vim Lemmers
41. Close of Lemmers showing 'Tulipa Lemmersii' photograph
42. SOUNDBITE (English) Vim Lemmers, Tulip enthusiast :
"The area is so immense, it's great. We are still finding new species. And we can now prove that by means of counting DNA."
43. Close of daisystemon tulip
44. Close of Lemmers lying in field photographing tulip
45. Mid of Lemmers photographing tulip
46. Close of Lemmers and botanical artist Diana Everett identifying tulips
47. Close of Everett holding tulips
48. Mid of Everett with manuscript
49. Close of manuscript and illustration
50. SOUNDBITE (English) Diana Everett, botanical artist:
"I've been here about six times and every time I find a new tulip, something new. There are about 30 different species of tulips in Kazakhstan and I've seen many of them."
51. Mid of Everett with flower, UPSOUND (English) Diana Everett, botanical artist :
"This is a daisystemon (tulip) and you can see it's yellow. Outside it has green on the outside of the petals."
52. Wide of Everett and Lemmers in field
LEAD IN:
Tulips from Amsterdam are world famous but most Dutch varieties can be traced back to their origins in Central Asia.
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