{"id":9048,"date":"2020-05-04T15:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=9048"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:05:44","slug":"why-the-flower-tulip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2020\/why-the-flower-tulip\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Flower Tulip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny Crick, a graduate student in the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/shelley-hepworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hepworth<\/a> lab, and a colleague were perplexed as to why the tulip still produces a flower if they propagate using bulbs. After scouring the internet to no avail, she stumbled upon a blog detailing the reproductive cycle of the tulip. Low and behold, tulips will indeed produce seeds!<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Jenny&#8217;s search for the elusive tulip seed at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-uncertainty-looms-but-the-tulips-still-bloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-uncertainty-looms-but-the-tulips-still-bloom\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny Crick, a graduate student in the Hepworth lab, and a colleague were perplexed as to why the tulip still produces a flower if they propagate using bulbs. After scouring the internet to no avail, she stumbled upon a blog detailing the reproductive cycle of the tulip. Low and behold, tulips will indeed produce seeds! 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